Cada bofarinheiro louva seus alfinetes.Every pedlar praises his needles.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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O que naõ pòde al ser, deves soffrer.What can’t be cured must be endured.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAgoa molle em pedra dura, tanto dá, até que fura.Soft water constantly striking the hard stone, wears it at last.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA amigo naõ encubras teu segredo, que darás causa a perdelo.Conceal not your secret from your friend, or you deserve to lose him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCorpo bem feito naõ ha mester capa.A well-formed figure needs no cloak.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesO mal do olho cura-se com o cotovelo.Wipe your sore eye with your elbow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAos parvos apparecem os santos.Saints appear to fools.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAquella he bem casada, que naõ tem sogra, nem cunhada.She is well married who has neither mother-in-law nor sister-in-law.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAs sopas, e os amores, os primeiros saõ os melhores.Of soup and love, the first is the best.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAmigos e mulas fallecem a duras.Friends and mules fail us at hard passes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCada formiga tem sua ira.Every ant has its ire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA homem ventureiro a filha lhe nasce primeiro.The lucky man has a daughter for his firstborn.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCada porco tem seu S. Martinho.Every pig has its Martinmas.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHuma desgraça alcança outra.One misfortune brings on another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val hum passaro na maõ, que dous que vaõ voando.One bird in the hand is worth two flying.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMais barato he o comprado, que o pedido.What is bought is cheaper than a gift.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA dor de cabeça minha, e as vaccas nossas.The headache is mine and the cows are ours.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe ruim a ruim, quem acommette vence.Of two cowards, the one who attacks conquers the other.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesObra feita dinheiro espera.Work done expects money.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesO ventre em jejum naõ ouve a nenhum.A hungry belly hears nobody.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDepois de vindimas, cavanejos.Baskets after the vintage.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVi hum homem, que vio outro homem, que vio o mar.I saw a man, who saw another man, who saw the sea.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDinheiro emprestaste, inimigo ganhaste.Money lent, an enemy made.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA molher, e a ovelha com cedo a cortelha.Your wife and sheep early at home.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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