Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

to expect the other shoe to drop

Portuguese translation:

esperar o inevitável; saber que o pior está por vir; esperar a bomba estourar

Added to glossary by Matheus Chaud
Mar 3, 2016 01:23
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English term

we expect the other shoe to drop

English to Portuguese Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
We know that the news is favorable at market peaks, but when a typical top is staring us in the face, the widespread contagion of optimism deludes us into expecting conditions to get even better. The opposite is true of bottoms: The news is bad, but we expect it to get worse before prices hit their low. Alternatively, we expect the other shoe to drop, just like traumatized earthquake victims anticipate a killer aftershock. If it seems inconceivable, given the prevailing conditions and likely outlook, that prices will rise, they probably will.
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Mar 11, 2016 12:27: Matheus Chaud Created KOG entry

Mar 11, 2016 12:28: Matheus Chaud changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1185461">Matheus Chaud's</a> old entry - "to expect the other shoe to drop"" to ""esperar o inevitável; saber que o pior está por vir""

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esperamos o inevitável

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wait_for_the_other_shoe_to_dr...

(idiomatic) To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable.

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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wait for the other shoe ...

to wait for the inevitable next step or the final conclusion

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Mais uma sugestão:

esperamos a bomba estourar
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agree jpmssss
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Obrigado, jpmssss!
agree Stephania Matousek (X)
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agree Paulinho Fonseca
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Obrigado, Paulinho!
agree expressisverbis : "Esperamos a bomba estourar" parece-me uma melhor opção.
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Obrigado, Sandra!
agree Lissandra Xavier
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Obrigado, Liss!
agree Isadora Veiga
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esperamos pela réplica

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agree expressisverbis
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Obrigada
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esperamos pela próxima pancada

Entendo que esse "sapato" tenha uma consequência negativa pela comparação ao trauma sofrido por vítimas de terramotos na frase, e diria assim no caso de pt-pt.

esperar pela pancada
esperar um desfecho desagradável
http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/pancad...

esperar pela pancada
• Esperar por algo negativo que pode surgir ou pelas consequências negativas de algo.

"esperar pela pancada", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2013, http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/esperar pela pancada [consultado em 03-03-2016].

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Waiting for t...

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Nota: é uma expressão idiomática em pt-pt, a qual não sei se existe em pt-br.
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sabemos que o pior está por vir

:)
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agree expressisverbis : Em pt-pt, segundo o que pesquisei, é usado "para vir". Mais uma diferença.
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