morde e assopra

English translation: one plays good cop, the other bad cop

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Portuguese term or phrase:morde e assopra
English translation:one plays good cop, the other bad cop

11:34 May 19, 2015
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-05-23 01:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Portuguese term or phrase: morde e assopra
Respondent's answer during an interview with parents about raising children.

"Com pai solteiro é complicado né, eu acho que quando é um casal, não interessa que tipo de casal, um morde e o outro assopra."
Janisa Antoniazzi
Brazil
Local time: 08:53
one plays good cop, the other bad cop
Explanation:
suggestion
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Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 05:53
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3one plays good cop, the other bad cop
Verginia Ophof
4one is strict and the other more lenient
Nick Taylor
3one fights and the other one pacifies
Lázaro Borges


  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
one fights and the other one pacifies


Explanation:
Sugestão

Lázaro Borges
Brazil
Local time: 08:53
Does not meet criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
one plays good cop, the other bad cop


Explanation:
suggestion

Example sentence(s):
  • In a two-parent household, parents can play "good cop, bad cop,' but you have to be both."

    Reference: http://www.empoweringparents.com/cop-parenting.php
    Reference: http://amotherstouchblog.org/2015/03/26/good-cop-bad-cop-why...
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 05:53
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: nice...
1 min
  -> Thank you Claudio !!

agree  Gilmar Fernandes
41 mins
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agree  Georgia Morg (X)
5 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
one is strict and the other more lenient


Explanation:
one is strict and the other more lenient

Nick Taylor
Local time: 11:53
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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