sandbagging
Persian (Farsi) translation: کمنمایی
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peer agreement (net): +1کمنمایی Explanation: https://medium.com/management-matters/why-following-the-advi... "It’s known as ‘sandbagging’, and it’s when you reduce expectations, knowing very well that you will exceed them." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 ساعت (2022-06-10 06:46:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- شاید بتوان به «انتظارکاهی فریبکارانه» یا «تظاهر به عملکرد ضعیف» هم ترجمه کرد |
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کمکاری عمدی تعمدی/ ضعیف بازی کردن (عمدی)/ تظاهر به ضعیف بودن/بد بازی کردن عمدی/ شل بازی کردن Explanation: Oxford Dictionary Sandbag: Deliberately underperform in a race or competition to gain an unfair advantage. ♦ ‘Either they sandbagged during qualifying and practice or they gave very high downforce to the cars to make them slower during those sessions.’ ------------------------------------------ Webster US informal : to hide your true abilities or purpose in order to deceive people, gain an advantage, etc. ♦ no obj He claimed he was playing badly because of an injury, but I think he was sandbagging. ♦ + obj I think he was sandbagging us. -------------------- American Slang:شل بازی کردن tr. to deceive someone; to fool someone about one’s capabilities. • Don’t let them sandbag you into expecting too little. • The guy sandbagged me, and I wasn’t expecting him to shoot the ball. ------------------- Heritage To downplay or misrepresent one's ability in a game or activity in order to deceive (someone), especially in gambling: sandbagged the pool player by playing poorly in the first game when stakes were low. ضعیف نشان دادن |
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کمکاری عمدی/کم گذاشتن در کاری/امری/موضوعی Explanation: . |
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| Reference: تظاهر به کم کاری Reference information: slang To downplay one's ability or act as though one is much less skilled in some task or activity in order to deceive and take advantage of someone. All of a sudden, he started making every single shot on the pool table. I think he might have been sandbagging us in the first game. Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandbag Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sand%20baggin... |
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