Unusual study tips

[Joseph]

@Molly

(…) I still remember a phrase from O Sábio that was something along the lines of: “Quase me caí a nádega de tanto esperar!” I may need help on translation here @Joseph, but something like “I almost fell on my butt from waiting so long!” Sadly, I have never had the opportunity to use this in real life.

Almost right! Sounds like they might’ve said: “Quase me caía a nádega de tanto esperar!”, which would mean “My butt(ock) almost fell from waiting so long!”. Maybe from getting numb? It’s not a phrase I remember hearing. But imagine slipping it into a shorty or podcast

[Molly]

@Joseph

“Quase me caía a nádega de tanto esperar!”, which would mean “My butt(ock) almost fell from waiting so long!”. Maybe from getting numb?

That makes a little more sense! Ok, don’t tell Joel and Rui that I’m going to sneak this into a Shorty…

[mac.cummings]

It might make sense in Portuguese but the translation will certainly confuse those whose natural language is English!!
It doesn’t even vaguely have a meaning to me.
Is this something widely in use in the US because I have never heard it there either , North, South, East or West!!

[Molly]

@mac.cummings

Is this something widely in use in the US

No, it’s not used in the US (and I don’t think it’s really used in Portugal either!) I am interpreting the meaning as something along the lines of “I was sitting on my butt waiting for so long that it fell asleep / fell off.” (Basically like Joseph said, because it was numb or maybe tired from sitting.) It was just something silly a character on that show said in a particular episode.

[tmgarcia86]

Aposto que foi um dos bombeiros que o disse…