roll off my tongue

fvarossi

Posted: 28 November 2005 04:41 AM

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Hello all,

I’m a translator from English into Brazilian Portuguese and I’m new to this forum.

I’m translating a Larry King interview with two actors and one of them just used the expression "he rolls off my tongue" talking about the other actor.
I couldn’t find the meaning of this expression anywhere.
Can someone help me?
TIA
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Brazilian_dude

Posted: 28 November 2005 04:48 AM

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Normalmente se usa a expressão "something rolls off one’s tongue" quando se diz tal coisa com facilidade e naturalidade, sem forçar a língua. Entretanto, não saberia dizer que significado novo se lhe poderia conferir quando se trata de sujeito animado. Tem certeza de que é he e não it ou o nome de alguém ou algo que o valha?

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Tim

Posted: 28 November 2005 05:19 AM

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I can’t help but agree with the Dude.

-Tim ;D

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Brazilian_dude

Posted: 28 November 2005 05:22 AM

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Isso me conforta muito.

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