Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
tomar aquele \"fumo\"
English translation:
to get his head chewed off/to get hauled over the coals
Portuguese term
United States
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
tomar aquele "fumo"
Muitas pessoas tem medo de se sentar a mesa do gerente, já que o funcionário só entra na sala para tomar aquele “fumo”, já quase que pscicologico esse tipo de pensamento.
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Proposed translations
Brazil
Passionate, reliable
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Dutch to Portuguese, and 8 more.
to get his head chewed off/to get hauled over the coals
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Carlos Quandt
: something like that :)
9 mins
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Marlene Curtis
23 mins
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Flavia Martins dos Santos
2 hrs
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Amy Duncan (X)
: or "raked over the coals"
21 hrs
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coolbrowne
1 day 1 hr
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Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
to be screwed
2. Cheated, tricked, swindled.
Canada
Certified Translator, LL.B.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Suffer a severe rebuke
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Flavia Martins dos Santos
: Too formal, doesn't match the informality of the slang.
2 hrs
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Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
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