Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Não mexa em time que está ganhando
English translation:
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
Added to glossary by
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Jun 25, 2010 02:59
13 yrs ago
Portuguese term
Não mexa em time que está ganhando
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Provérbio antigo:
NÃO MEXA EM TIME QUE ESTÁ GANHANDO
NÃO MEXA EM TIME QUE ESTÁ GANHANDO
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +8 | If it ain't broke, don't fix it | Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães |
4 | Never change a winning team | Fabian Deckwirth |
3 | never change horses in mid-stream | Verginia Ophof |
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Jul 9, 2010 13:01: Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
if a system or method works well there is no reason to change it.
"We're happy with our exam system in Scotland, and as they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
"He hasn't made a lot of changes to the team since taking over as head coach, figuring if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
(Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. )
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT - "Any attempt to improve on a system that already works is pointless and may even be detrimental. Originated in the United States in the twentieth century. Government official Bert Lance (1931- ) was quoted in the May 1977 issue of 'Nation's Business' as saying, 'If it ain't broke don't fix it.' Lance's advice, according to William Safire, 'has become a source of inspiration to anti-activists.'." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
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Estou mais acostumado a "em time que está ganhando não se mexe" :)
if a system or method works well there is no reason to change it.
"We're happy with our exam system in Scotland, and as they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
"He hasn't made a lot of changes to the team since taking over as head coach, figuring if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
(Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. )
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT - "Any attempt to improve on a system that already works is pointless and may even be detrimental. Originated in the United States in the twentieth century. Government official Bert Lance (1931- ) was quoted in the May 1977 issue of 'Nation's Business' as saying, 'If it ain't broke don't fix it.' Lance's advice, according to William Safire, 'has become a source of inspiration to anti-activists.'." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
http://is.gd/d2WIX
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Estou mais acostumado a "em time que está ganhando não se mexe" :)
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5 hrs
Never change a winning team
If you refer to a team or group of people say it with Alf Ramsey, the famous manager of the English football team in the 60s.
15 hrs
never change horses in mid-stream
:)
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