Mais val perder, que mais perder.Better lose than lose more.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Com agoas passadas naõ moe o moinho.The mill does not grind with water that is past.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCale o que deo, e falle o que recebeo.Let the giver be silent and the receiver speak.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCarne magra de porco gordo.Lean meat from a fat pig.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNa casa chea asinha se faz a cea.Supper is soon served up in a plentiful house.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOnde está o gallo, naõ canta a gallinha.Where the cock is the hen does not crow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPedra movediça, naõ cria bolor.A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDôr de mulher morta, dura até a porta.Grief for a dead wife lasts to the door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNunca foi bom amigo, quem por pouco quebron a amizade.He never was a friend who ceased to be so for a slight cause.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFaze bem, naõ cates a quem.Do good and care not to whom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFugir do lodo, e cahir no arroio.To get out of the mire and fall into the river.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDeos he o que sara, e o mestre leva a prata.God heals, and the doctor gets the money.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMuito sabe a raposa, mas mais sabe quem a toma.The fox knows much, but more he that catcheth him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDizem os filhos ao soalheiro, o que ouvem dizer ao fumeiro.Children tell in the highway what they hear by the fireside.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPaz de cajado guerra he.Peace with a cudgel in hand is war.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQual o pai, tal o filho.Like father, like son.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMal vai á casa, onde a roca manda à espada.It fares ill with the house when the distaff commands the sword.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGuai do filho, que o pai vai ao paraiso.Alas for the son whose father went to heaven.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLá vai a lingua, onde o dente grita.The tongue goes to the aching tooth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBrincai com o asno, dar-vos-ha na barba com o rabo.Play with an ass, and he will slap your face with his tail.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAmigo de todos, e de nenhum, tudo he hum.Everybody’s friend or nobody’s friend, is all one.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNem tudo o que he verdade, se diz.Not all that is true is to be spoken.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ he o mel para a boca do asno.Honey is not for the ass’s mouth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFallai no lobo ver-lhe-heis a pelle.Talk of the wolf and behold his skin.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources