Nem estopa com tiçoens, nem molher com varoens.Trust not tow with firebrands, nor a woman with men.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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O peior porco come a melhor lande.The worst pig eats the best acorn.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHomem atrevido, odre de bom vinho, e vaso de vidro pouco duraõ.A rash man, a skin of good wine, and a glass vessel, do not last long.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFazenda herdada he menos estimada.An estate inherited is the less valued.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMáo he ter moço, mas peior he ter amo.It is bad to have a servant, but worse to have a master.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNa barba do nescio aprendem todos a rapar.On the fool’s beard all learn to shave.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAs molheres, onde estaõ, sobejaõ, e onde naõ estaõ, faltaõ.Women are supernumerary when present, and missed when absent.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuem quizer ser muito tempo velho, comece-o a ser cedo.He that would be old long must begin betimes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO pouco faz devedor, e o muito inimigo.A little makes a debtor and much an enemy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val arrodear, que afogar.Better go round than be drowned.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDinheiro faz batalha, e naõ braço largo.Money wins the battle, not the long arm.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO marido antes com hum só olho, que com hum filho.Rather a husband with one eye than with one son.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais faz quem quer, que quem pode.He that will, does more than he that can.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuem quer pescar, ha-se-de molhar.He who would catch fish must not mind wetting himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ diga a lingoa, por onde pague a cabeça.Let not the tongue utter what the head may have to pay for.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHum graõ naõ enche o celleiro, mas ajuda a seu companheiro.One grain does not fill the granary, but it helps its companion.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBom amigo he o gato, senaõ que arranha.The cat is a good friend, only she scratches.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMais vém dous olhos, que hum.Two eyes see more than one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA apressada pergunta, vagarosa resposta.To a hasty question a leisurely answer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPouco fel damna muito mel.A little gall spoils much honey.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHospeda formosa damno faz á bolsa.A handsome hostess is bad for the purse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO bem soa, e o mal voa.Good news is rumoured, bad news flies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAmigo quebrado soldará, mas naõ sarará.Broken friendship may be soldered but can never be made sound.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMelhor he dobrar, que quebrar.Better bend than break.
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