...sair do empurra pra cá e pra lá...

English translation: to get away from all the pushing and shoving

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Portuguese term or phrase:...sair do empurra pra cá e pra lá...
English translation:to get away from all the pushing and shoving
Entered by: edecastroalves

18:26 Jun 16, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Exposições de arte
Portuguese term or phrase: ...sair do empurra pra cá e pra lá...
Gostaria de mais horas no meu dia para... lá, para ver a banda passar, para conhecer o que não conheço.
edecastroalves
to get away from all the pushing and shoving
Explanation:
Sugestão
Selected response from:

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 18:04
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Summary of answers provided
5surreptitiously slip away from under the humdrum toing and froing from this point to that
Nick Taylor
4to get away from all the pushing and shoving
Mario Freitas
4get out of the (this) rat race
Douglas Bissell
4to get rid of the push and shove
andrescardoso
3get out of the daily shove around
Verginia Ophof


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to get away from all the pushing and shoving


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 104
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
get out of the daily shove around


Explanation:
another suggestion

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 15:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 18
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
get out of the (this) rat race


Explanation:
This sounds a bit more natural to my ear


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_race
Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to get rid of the push and shove


Explanation:
É a minha sugestão.

andrescardoso
Brazil
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
surreptitiously slip away from under the humdrum toing and froing from this point to that


Explanation:
surreptitiously slip away from under the humdrum toing and froing from this point to that

Nick Taylor
Local time: 21:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 91
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