As paredes tem ouvidos.Walls have ears.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Cada qual com seu igual.Every one to his equal.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGuerra, caça, e amores, por hum prazer cem dores.In war, hunting, and love, for one pleasure a hundred pains.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAmeaça muitos, quem affronta hum.He threatens many who affronts one.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNa terra dos cegos, o torto he rei.The one-eyed is a king in the land of the blind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA máo bácoro, boa lande.To the lean pig a fat acorn.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTres irmaõs, tres fortalezas.Three brothers, three fortresses.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHonra ao bom, para que te honre, e ao máo, para que te naõ deshonre.Honour a good man that he may honour you, and a bad man that he may not dishonour you.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA paõ duro, dente agudo.A sharp tooth for hard bread.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe grande rio, grande peixe.From great rivers come great fish.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCaõ que muito ladra, nunca bom para a caça.The dog that barks much is never good for hunting.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNem tudo o que luz he ouro.All is not gold that glitters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMãi aguçosa, filha preguiçosa.A bustling mother makes a slothful daughter.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNecio he quem cuida, que outro naõ cuida.He is a fool who thinks that others do not think.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMuito paõ tem Castella, mas quem o naõ tem, lazera.There is plenty of corn in Castile, but he who has none, starves.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQueres conhecer tua filha, olha-lhe a companhia.Would you know your daughter? See her in company.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCanta Marta depois de farta.Martha sings well when she has had her fill.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDo soldado que naõ tem capa, guarda a tua na arca.From the soldier who has no cloak, keep your own in your chest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAmar, e saber naõ póde ser.To love and be wise is incompatible.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ se tomaõ trutas a bragas enxutas.There’s no catching trouts with dry breeches.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOs dedos da maõ naõ saõ iguaes.The fingers of the same hand are not alike.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPrimeiro que cases, vé o que fazes.Before you marry consider what you do.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHuma maõ lava a outra, e ambas o rosto.One hand washes the other, and both the face.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA quem dizes tua puridade, dás tua liberdade.Where you tell your secret you surrender your freedom.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources