Glossary entry

português term or phrase:

chuchar no dedo

inglês translation:

left high and dry

Added to glossary by Tania Pires
Oct 29, 2016 10:24
7 yrs ago
português term

chuchar no dedo

português para inglês Arte/Literatura Cinema, filmes, TV, teatro Subtitles
'A galdéria deixou-o e ele ficou a chuchar no dedo'.

I'm looking for a typical British expression. In this case, he was just left by someone who cheated on him.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Proposed translations

+1
8 horas
Selected

left high and dry

suggestion
Example sentence:

being in a helpless or abandoned position

Note from asker:
Thanks Verginia, I'd forgotten about this one!
Peer comment(s):

agree Georgia Morg (X)
22 horas
Thank you Georgia !!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
19 minutos

twiddling his thumbs

Engish enough?
Note from asker:
Thanks Douglas! :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Mario Freitas :
7 horas
thanks Mario
agree Lara Barnett
1 dia 2 horas
thanks Lara
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+1
3 horas

(left him) empty-handed

https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/portugues-ingles/chucha...
ficar a chuchar no dedo (figurado) = to get nothing.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/empty-handed
Having received or gained nothing.
Peer comment(s):

agree Janis Meneses
11 horas
Thank you
neutral Lara Barnett : But we don't usually use this expression to refer to people, only if "nothing" relates to material objects, then we would say "empty-handed".
22 horas
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6 horas

beached

I know we should not offer many different replies, but in this case, being dumped by his missus, the idea of 'beached' as in a whale that is stranded and has nowhere to go came to mind.
Note from asker:
The more the better. Thanks again, Douglas!
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+1
8 horas

sucking his thumb

Peer comment(s):

agree airmailrpl : chuchar no dedo => suck his thumb...https://translate.google.com.br/?hl=en&tab=wT#pt/en/chuchar ...
3 horas
Muito Obrigado :) A galdéria deixou-o e ele ficou a chuchar no dedo The prostitute left him sucking his thumb/The prostitute left him and he stayed there sucking his thumb.
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