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ficar alguém com o conteúdo e continente

English translation: keep the whole (kit and) caboodle

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Portuguese term or phrase:ficar alguém com o conteúdo e continente
English translation:keep the whole (kit and) caboodle
Entered by: Charles R. Castleberry

19:41 Dec 9, 2018
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / In A 19th-Century Novel
Portuguese term or phrase: ficar alguém com o conteúdo e continente
Context:

O juiz de fora repartiu os pastéis pelos meninos, e mandou guardar a salva, dizendo que receberia como escárnio um presente de doces, que valiam dez patações, sendo que naturalmente os pastéis tinham vindo como ornato da bandeja, E assim é que, ainda hoje, em Vila Real, quando se dá um caso análogo de ficar alguém com o conteúdo e continente, diz a gente da terra: "Aquele é como doutor Brocas."

Muita Obrigada,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 20:04
keep the whole (kit and) caboodle
Explanation:
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Charles R. Castleberry
United States
Local time: 19:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2keep the cookies and the cookie jar
Oliver Simões
3 +2keep the goodies and the box
Ana Vozone
4 +1have your cake and eat it
Douglas Bissell
4to get the contents and the container
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4in case someone keeps both the package and its contentss
Mario Freitas
3 +1keep the whole (kit and) caboodle
Charles R. Castleberry
4lock, stock and barrel
Richard Purdom


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to get the contents and the container


Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 56
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
keep the goodies and the box


Explanation:
Another suggestion.

Ana Vozone
Local time: 01:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 74

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
3 mins
  -> Obrigada, Teresa!
agree  Margarida Ataide
14 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Margarida!
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
have your cake and eat it


Explanation:
HIH

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 01:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
13 hrs
  -> thanks Gilmar
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in case someone keeps both the package and its contentss


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
keep the cookies and the cookie jar


Explanation:
This is how I would probably translate. It would be meaningless if they don't eat cookies in Vila Real. :-)

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Note added at 5 hrs (2018-12-10 01:01:29 GMT)
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PS: Most likely, it's meaningful to an English reader, though.

Example sentence(s):
  • Who Stole The Cookies From The Cookie Jar - Activity Freebie

    Reference: http://co.mengger.com/who-stole-the-cookies-from-the-cookie-...
Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 17:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Nice!
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Muriel.
agree  Spiridon: yes
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, Spiridon.
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
keep the whole (kit and) caboodle


Explanation:
Suggestion

Charles R. Castleberry
United States
Local time: 19:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Purdom: a much underused word, caboodle!
23 hrs
  -> Thanks Richard. To my surprise, it still gets around
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1 day 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lock, stock and barrel


Explanation:
... and the wording of the verb is up to you!

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lock-sto...

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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