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English term
jam tomorrow
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English to Portuguese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Definition from
Macmillan Dictionary:
Something good that is promised but never happens.
The phrase "jam tomorrow" was coined by Lewis Carroll in his children's story "Through the Looking Glass". The White Queen tells Alice, "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day."
Example sentences:
An innovation pessimist could dismiss [current innovations being fueled by cheap processing power] as "jam tomorrow". But the idea that technology-led growth must either continue unabated or steadily decline, rather than ebbing and flowing, is at odds with history. (The Economist)
Even though work on the eastern bypass will start very shortly, I am not sure I will truly believe it until I see cars driving up and down it, so talk of a southern link going to Winsford will seem even more like more jam tomorrow. (Winsford and Middlewich Guardian)
In the coming year, many other high-profile tech unicorns will face similar challenges. They’ll will do well to focus on being smaller, profitable companies than larger ones promising jam tomorrow. (Wired)
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
4 +4 | falsa promessa | Matheus Chaud |
4 | promessa nunca cumprida | airmailrpl |
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Proposed translations
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falsa promessa
Jam tomorrow or jam to-morrow (older spelling) is an expression for a never-fulfilled promise. It originates from Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_tomorrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_tomorrow
Definition from
own experience or research:
promessa que nunca é cumprida
Example sentences:
Falsa promessa de emprego atrai brasileiros ao Japão (BBC)
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promessa nunca cumprida
Definition from
Google books:
Uma espera eterna por uma promessa nunca cumprida
Example sentences:
Para que as possibilidades do setor deixem de ser uma promessa nunca cumprida, investe-se na melhoria dos grãos, inclusive na produção orgânica ... (Google Books)
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