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Onde a conversa já vai

English translation: this (the conversation) is going too far!

19:19 Jan 21, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / conversation
Portuguese term or phrase: Onde a conversa já vai
'Onde a conversa já vai! Mas afinal de contas de que lado é que está?'

Someone is not happy about the way a certain conversation is going. What would be a more suitable expression, please?

Thank you in advance for your help!
Tania Pires
Portugal
Local time: 08:53
English translation:this (the conversation) is going too far!
Explanation:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080512020820A...
http://www.succeedsocially.com/startconversations
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061027202115A...

Nalguns casos, quando a conversa ja vai longe por estar a falar/dar informacoes a mais, aqui nos USA usa-se muito 'TMI' (too much information), e com isto cala-se a pessoa:)
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rir
United States
Local time: 03:53
Grading comment
Thanks rir!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4See where this is going? What side are you on?
Thayneto
4 +2Where are we going with this?
George Rabel
5Where is this going?
Nick Taylor
4this (the conversation) is going too far!
rir
4The conversation (has certainly)(seems to have) drifted off...
Ana Vozone
4Look where you've taken this!
Richard Purdom
3How far is this going? How far are we going?
Mario Freitas
3This conversation is way off track/has derailed
Verginia Ophof


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
How far is this going? How far are we going?


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 04:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada Mario!

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
See where this is going? What side are you on?


Explanation:
I believe this would be a nice way out, considering it is television and shouldn't be so formal after all =)

Thayneto
Brazil
Local time: 04:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Thayneto! This is probably the closest so far.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katarina Peters
10 mins
agree  Dr Lofthouse
5 hrs
agree  Lara Barnett: I would normally say "Whose side are you on?
16 hrs
agree  Juliet Attwater: but I would suggest "whose side are you on?" rather than "what side..."
18 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Where are we going with this?


Explanation:
Where are we going with this? Whose side are you on anyway?

George Rabel
Local time: 03:53
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Sounds most natural.
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Muriel
agree  Juliet Attwater
18 hrs
  -> Thank you, Dr.
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
this (the conversation) is going too far!


Explanation:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080512020820A...
http://www.succeedsocially.com/startconversations
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061027202115A...

Nalguns casos, quando a conversa ja vai longe por estar a falar/dar informacoes a mais, aqui nos USA usa-se muito 'TMI' (too much information), e com isto cala-se a pessoa:)

rir
United States
Local time: 03:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks rir!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada rir. Isto é para os USA, por isso esta explicação ajuda-me muito!

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
This conversation is way off track/has derailed


Explanation:
suggestion

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 01:53
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The conversation (has certainly)(seems to have) drifted off...


Explanation:
Sugestão...

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-01-21 20:32:36 GMT)
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OK, Tânia.

Talvez então: Don't go there... Which/Whose side are you on?


Example sentence(s):
  • From there the conversation drifted off to other topics and after a brief time Ginny offered some excuse as to why she had to be leaving and after thanking them
  • After a few more similarly unproductive exchanges, the conversation drifted off of Candy and into a conversation about classes and professors.
Ana Vozone
Local time: 08:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada Ana, mas aqui não é bem o caso. A conversa não mudou, mas estendeu-se para campos que não interessam a um dos intervenientes. Como exemplo, a pessoa em questão começou a falar de números (parte financeira do assunto a ser debatido), o que não agradou ao outro interveniente.

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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Where is this going?


Explanation:
Where is this going?

Nick Taylor
Local time: 08:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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1 day 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Look where you've taken this!


Explanation:
..Whose side are you on anyway?

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 08:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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