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[Alessandro]

Para dizer Colher de chá não faça a tradução literal "spoon of tea" o mais correto é buscar uma frase aproximada como: let's give him a chance.

I hope that helps!

[JERRYDORIEN]

Hi,

Legal mesmo, a tradução fica mais desinibida com "colher de chá", ao invés de "uma chance".

Valeu Alessandro.

[PriAndrade]

Hello,

Existe uma slang para dizer "Dar uma colher de chá!"
Você pode dizer: Cut him/her/etc some slack.

So...

Cut somebody some slack (American & Australian informal)
1. To allow someone to do something that is not usually allowed
2. To treat someone less severely than is usual Officials have asked the Environmental Protection Agency to cut Utah some slack in enforcing the Clean Air Act.

Kisses,

[Butterfly12]

Hello,

Como poderia traduzir essa frase: Colher-de-chá costuma ser uma mão na roda...
Querendo dizer que tudo fica mais facil quando alguem facilita algo..

Tks a lot!

[donay mendonça]

Olá Butterfly,

Sugestão:

A helping hand can make things easier.


Boa sorte!

[Butterfly12]

Great! Tks a lot!!

[maryziller]

Thanks for the interesting idiom, Alessandro. I didn't know it and I thought that 'Colher de chá' meant a teaspoon.

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colher

I like the translation "cutting someone some slack"
Giving someone some leeway is a more formal way of saying it.

Cutting someone some slack does not always mean excusing them from the usual rules. It can mean to go easy on them, to be gentle with them, to make allowances for them (usually used when someone is in a difficult situation).