as often as not: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- Frequently; more often than not; in many cases; typically occurring.
Examples
BetaAs often as not, they end up ordering pizza instead of cooking dinner.
Más a menudo de lo que no, terminan pidiendo pizza en lugar de cocinar la cena.
When I visit my grandparents, as often as not, we spend the afternoon in the garden together.
Cuando visito a mis abuelos, muchas veces pasamos la tarde juntos en el jardín.
As often as not, the kids forget their homework at school and have to come back for it.
Con frecuencia, los niños olvidan su tarea en la escuela y tienen que regresar por ella.
He calls me as often as not to check in and see how things are going.
Me llama con frecuencia para saber cómo van las cosas.
Examples:
- EN: Ah, now, in the olden days, they used to build their racing cars with a lot of passion. And enthusiasm, and then, on lap three, as often as not they would explode in a passionate and enthusiastic fireball.ES: Bien, antiguamente, solían fabricar sus coches de carreras con mucha pasión y entusiasmo, y así, en la vuelta 3, solían explotar carrera sí, carrera también, en mitad de una apasionada y entusiasta bola de fuego.
- EN: - mean, as often as not.ES: - ...y malvados, casi siempre.
- EN: Every day, Morgan Shipping vessels arrive in our harbors filled, as often as not, with their shameful cargo.ES: Todos los días, barcos de la Naviera Morgan llegan a nuestros puertos repletos, la mitad de las veces, de su vergonzoso cargamento.
- EN: Between you and me, she's in there as often as not.ES: Entre usted y yo, ella está allí a menudo.
- EN: They literally put four teenagers, as often as not, on an armed speedboat and sent them out here to do fighting.ES: Literalmente, casi siempre ponían a cuatro adolescentes, , en una lancha rápida con armas y los mandaban aquí Todas las lanchas tenían metralletas calibre .50 dobles adelante y una simple atrás. a luchar.ID: Mereka seringnya menugaskan empat remaja, di perahu cepat tak bersenjata dan mengirim mereka ke sini untuk bertempur.
- EN: Our thing, as often as not, was you talking through a problem, I would agree, and then put it into action, as we did with the squash instructor.ES: Lo que se nos daba bien, la mayoría de las veces, era que explicases largo y tendido un problema, yo aceptase, y luego lo pusiese en marcha, como hicimos con el instructor de squash.
- EN: Just as often as not, they were successful.HI: अधिक बार नहीं, वे सफल होते हैं।
- EN: They're arrogant, impatient, - mean, as often as not.ID: Mereka sombong, tak sabar, jahat, sering kali.
- EN: Amalia misses the point of things, as often as not.ID: Amalia sering melewatkan inti dari beberapa hal.
- EN: Our thing, as often as not, was you talking through a problem,ID: Kebiasaan kita adalah kau membicarakan satu masalah.
- EN: Officers and men attend the same mess, as often as not, an officer doesn't display the insignia of his rank.ES: Oficiales y soldados comen juntos sin distinción. Los oficiales normalmente no muestran la insignia de su rango.
- EN: Officers and men attend the same mess, as often as not, an officer doesn't display the insignia of his rank.ES: Oficiales y soldados comen juntos sin distinción. Los oficiales normalmente no muestran la insignia de su rango.
- EN: But night after night, I worked at my art, as often as not with a different... tart.ES: pero noche tras noche, fui mejorando siempre que pude, con una fresca distinta.
- EN: And them, as often as not.ES: Y lo que les cuesta a ellas.
- EN: But these days, as often as not, people take a look at each other... after a few years in the marital sack and say, "See you later, Jack. "ES: Pero ahora, la mitad de las veces, la gente se mira... y después de unos años de casados dicen: "Nos vemos".
- EN: Their aura? The aura, or, as often as not, just the bit of space next to them, which can be very interesting, can't it?ES: Umm, el aura, o, más bien, el espacio alrededor de él.
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