Galgo, compra-lo, e naõ cria-lo.Buy your greyhound, don’t rear him.
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Nunca lobo mata outro.One wolf does not kill another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHum aggravo consentido, outro vindo.One wrong submitted to, another follows.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCaõ que naõ ladra, guarda delle.Beware of the dog that does not bark.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEngana-me no preço, e naõ no que mereço.Cheat me in price, and not in the goods.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDeos me dé contenda con quem me entenda.God grant me to dispute with those who understand me.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuem tem telhado de vidro, naõ atire pedras ao do vizinho.He who has a glass roof must not throw stones at his neighbour’s.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLadre-me o caõ, naõ me morda.Let the dog bark at me, so he don’t bite me.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLá vaõ leis, onde querem cruzados.Laws go where dollars please.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO sisudo naõ ata o saber á estaca.The man of sense does not hang up his knowledge.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCaõ que lobos mata, lobos o mataõ.The dog that kills wolves, is killed by wolves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAo inimigo, que te vira a espalda, ponte de prata.Make a silver bridge for a flying enemy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDepois de rapar, naõ he que tosquiar.After shaving there’s nothing to shear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPerro ladrador, nunca bom caçador.A barking dog was never a good hunter.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAntes a lãa se perca, que a ovelha.Rather lose the wool than the sheep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCuidar muitas cousas, fazer huma.Think of many things, do one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPorfia mata a caça.Perseverance kills the game.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ he o diabo taõ feio como o pintaõ.The devil is not so ugly as he is painted.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFaze a teu filho teu herdeiro, e naõ teu dispenseiro.Make your son your heir and not your steward.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGraõ a graõ enche a gallinha o papo.Grain by grain the hen fills her crop.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRoga ao santo, até passar o barranco.Pray to the saint until you have passed the slough.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA torto e a direito, nossa casa até ao tecto.Right or wrong, our house up to the roof.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOs mortos aos vivos abrem os olhos.The dead open the eyes of the living.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCada carneiro por seu pé pende.Let every sheep hang by its own leg.
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