Mal alheio naõ cura minha dor.Another’s misfortune does not cure my pain.
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Ande eu quente, ria-se a gente.Let me go warm and folk may laugh.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCoraçaõ partido, sempre combatido.Faintheart is always in danger.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMelhor he palha, que nada.Better straw, than nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMiguel, Miguel, naõ tens abelhas, e vendes mel?Michael, Michael, you have no bees, and yet you sell honey!
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCacarear, e naõ pôr ovo.To cackle and lay no egg.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesComo criaste tantos filhos? Querendo mais aos mais pequeninos.How did you rear so many children? By being fondest of the little ones.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPagar na mesma moeda.To pay one in his own coin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEm boca cerrada, naõ entra mosca.No flies get into a shut mouth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA agoa tudo lava.Water washes everything.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOvelha farta, do rabo se espanta.The full-fed sheep is frightened at her own tail.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA outro perro com esse osso.Throw that bone to another dog.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCada hum estenda a perna até onde tem a cuberta.Every one stretches his leg according to his coverlet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPerdendo tempo, naõ se ganha dinheiro.Money is not gained by losing time.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ ha palavra mal dita, se naõ fora mal entendida.No word is ill spoken, that is not ill taken.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDo contado come o lobo.The wolf eats of what is counted.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTantos morrem dos cordeiros, como dos carneiros.There die as many lambs as wethers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe rabo de porco, nunca bom virote.You can’t make a good shaft of a pig’s tail.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe noite todos os gatos saõ pardos.At night all cats are grey.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO perro do hortelão naõ come as versas, nem a outrem as deixa comer.The gardener’s dog neither eats greens nor lets any one else eat them.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDá Deos a roupa segundo he o frio.God gives clothes according to the cold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAbaixaõ-se as cadeiras, levantaõ-se as tripeças.Chairs sink and stools rise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCoraçaõ determinado, naõ soffre conselho.A resolute heart endures no counsel.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO tramposo asinha engana ao cobiçoso.The swindler readily cheats the covetous man.
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