Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
run a tight ship
Portuguese translation:
dirigir / comandar / administrar / gerenciar (um negócio, lugar, navio etc.) com pulso firme
English term
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
run a tight ship
run a tight ship: run a ship or an organization in an orderly and disciplined manner (The Free Dictionary)
O que os colegas sugerem em PT-Br? Preferencialmente, uma expressão idiomática...
Apr 27, 2018 04:58: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "run a tight ship"" to ""dirigir / comandar / administrar / gerenciar (um negócio, lugar etc.) com pulso firme""
Proposed translations
dirijo / comando com mão firme - com pulso firme
... com mão forte
... com uma mão de ferro.
... com punho de ferro.
... rigorosamente.
... com rigor...
Saudações cordiais.
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
exijo o cumprimento de todas as regras
Portuguese translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Angolan, South African, European/Portugal, Cape Verdean, Brazilian, Mozambican) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 4 more.
não deixo a peteca cair/não dou bandeira/não piso na bola
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expressisverbis
: "Não pisar o risco" seria o equivalente em pt à expressão idiomática "não pisar na bola" em br.
3 hrs
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Mto obrigado
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Brazil
30+ years of IT + Marketing (& more...)
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese
andar na linha
"Como eu sempre ando na linha e respeito os limites da lei..."
| agree |
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
: boa sugestão
1 hr
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expressisverbis
3 hrs
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Brazil
40 years of experience
Native in: English , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
administrar com cuidado
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Note added at 9 mins (2018-04-20 18:10:25 GMT)
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Eu faço uma administração cuidadosa...
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Note added at 33 mins (2018-04-20 18:34:42 GMT)
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Sorry, Oliveira. I meant "Of course you know the meaning in English." I am watching to learn. Good luck.
| Of course, the English meaning is not in question, but, whenever possible, I post it to help narrow down to the translations that I'm looking for. Thank you, anyway. |
Brazil
IT Specialist • M.A. in Linguistics
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
gerencio bem os meus negócios
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/to-run-a-tight-ship....
"to run a tight ship"
A well-managed and efficient business, household, or organization
Portugal
Translator and Terminologist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
andar nos eixos
"Nada como andar nos eixos
Nada como andar direito
Nada como fazer tudo, juntos
E sempre do nosso jeito!"
https://www.cifraclub.com.br/edu-w/nos-eixos/letra/
andar fora dos eixos
ser malcomportado, viver desregradamente
pôr as coisas nos eixos
pôr as coisas em ordem
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/eixo
"Andar nos eixos" ou (o contrário) "andar fora dos eixos" também se utiliza por cá.
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