Cavallo formoso de potro sarnoso.A ragged colt may make a handsome horse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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A carne de lobo dente de caõ.To wolf’s flesh dog’s teeth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesElle tem cabeça, pois tambem hum alfinete a tem.He has a head, and so has a pin.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA lingua longa he sinal de maõ curta.A long tongue betokens a short hand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuem te faz festa, naõ soendo fazer, ou te quer enganar, ou te há mister.He who makes more of you than he is wont, either means to cheat you or wants you.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe casta lhe vem ao galgo ter o rabo longo.It is the nature of the greyhound to carry a long tail.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHomem apercebido, meio combatido.He who is well prepared has half won the battle.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNos trabalhos se vem os amigos.Friends are known in adversity.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGuardou-se da mosca, e comeo a aranha.He avoided the fly and swallowed the spider.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA teu amigo ganha-lhe hum jogo, e bebe-o logo.Win a bet of your friend, and drink it on the spot.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMais valem amigos na praça, que dinheiro na arca.Better have friends in the market-place than money in your coffer.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQual o Rei, tal a lei; qual a lei, tal a grei.Like king, like law; like law, like people.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuem só come seu gallo, só sella seu cavallo.Who eats his fowl alone, must saddle his horse alone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOlhos verdes, em poucos os veredes.You will not see many with green eyes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNunca falta hum caõ, que vos ladre.There is never wanting a dog to bark at you.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPenhor que come, ninguem o tome.Beware of a pledge that eats.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEgoa cançada prado acha.The tired mare goes willingly to grass.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHir-se-haõ os hospedes, comeremos o pato.The guests will go away, and we will eat the pasty.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val ás vezes favor, que justiça, nem razaõ.Favour oft avails more than justice or reason.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo rosto de minha, filha, vejo quando, o demo toma a meu genro.I see by my daughter’s face when the devil lays hold of my son-in-law.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPaõ alheio caro custa.Another’s bread costs dear.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCastiga o bom, melhorará; castiga o máo, peorará.Chastise the good man, he will grow better; chastise the bad, and he will grow worse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAmor louco, eu por ti, e tu por outro.Mad love, I for you and you for another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBoca que diz sim, diz naõ.The mouth that says “Yes,” can say “No.”
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources