English to Portuguese sobering

[TheWrongForkattheJunction]

Bom dia
Na entrada para sobering, parece-me que seria de considerar acrescentar a expressão «dar que pensar».
Cordialmente

 

[MeggieBR]

Bom dia
Na entrada para sobering, parece-me que seria de considerar acrescentar a expressão «dar que pensar».
Cordialmente

Obrigada. O termo foi editado e constará do dicionário em breve.

 

[DearPrudence]

@MeggieBR : I think that "dar que pensar" should go to the first sense, not the second one!

Other examples:
sobering

a sobering thought
Surviving a car accident is a sobering experience.

 

[MeggieBR]

@MeggieBR : I think that "dar que pensar" should go to the first sense, not the second one!

Other examples:
sobering

In Brazilian Port, 'dar que pensar' is not common.

 

[DearPrudence]

Yes, sure.
But I don't think that "dar que pensar" has anything to do with alcohol / non-inebriated state!
It should go to sense "causing solemnity".
Better not to add it than add it in the wrong place.