Bem sabe o asno, em cuja casa rosna.The ass well knows in whose house he brays.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Donde vas, mal? Onde ha mais mal.Whither goest thou, Misfortune? To where there is more.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNinguem se metta no que naõ sabe.Meddle not in what you don’t understand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRoim seja, quem por roim se tem.Vile let him be who deems himself vile.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA pouco paõ, tomar primeiro.Where there is little bread, cut first.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCada hum canta como tem graça, e casa como tem ventura.Every one sings as he has the gift, and marries as he has the luck.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPobreza nunca em amores fez bom feito.Poverty never sped well in love.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA gente pobre moeda miuda.For poor people small coin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCorvos a corvos naõ se tiraõ os olhos.Crows do not peck out crows’ eyes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFome, e frio mette a pessoa com seu inimigo.Hunger and cold surrender a man to his enemy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSangrai-o, purgai-o, e se morrer, enterrai-o.Bleed him, purge him, and if he dies, bury him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPorcos com frio, e homens com vinho, fazem grande ruido.Pigs in the cold and men in drink make a great noise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ he nada, senaõ que mataõ a meu marido.It is nothing, they are only killing my husband.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA raposa dormida, naõ lhe cahe nada da boca.Nothing falls into the mouth of a sleeping fox.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMelhor he rosto vermelho, que coraçaõ negro.Better a red face than a black heart.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDize-me com quem andas, dirte-hei que manhas has.Tell me with whom thou goest, and I’ll tell thee what thou doest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSe queres ser bom juiz, ouve o que cada hum diz.If you would be a good judge, hear what every one says.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDebaixo do sahal, ha al.Under the sackcloth there is something else.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAinda que teu sabujo he manso, naõ o mordas no beiço.Though your mastiff be gentle, do not bite his lip.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCome com elle, e guarte delle.Eat with him, and beware of him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHomem pobre, depois de comer ha fome.A poor man is hungry after eating.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAo invejoso emmagrece-lhe o rosto, e incha-lhe o olho.The envious man’s face grows lean and his eye swells.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFazei-vos mel, comer-vos-haõ as moscas.Make yourself honey and the flies will eat you.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTanto morre o Papa, como o que naõ tem capa.Death spares neither Pope nor beggar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources