Peleijaõ os touros, mal pelos ramos.When bulls fight, woe to the frogs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Mette a maõ no seio, naõ diràs do fado alheio.Lay your hand on your bosom and you will not speak ill of another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val ruim asno, que ser asno.Better have a had ass than be your own ass.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO que he duro de passar, he doce de lembrar.What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMelhor he a gallinha da minha visinha, que a minha.Better is my neighbour’s hen than mine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe te fizeres mel, comer-te-haõ as moscas.Make yourself honey, and the flies will eat you.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA verdade, e o azeite andaõ de cima.Truth, and oil come to the surface.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRogos de Rei mandados saõ.King’s entreaties are commands.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA mouro morto, graõ lançada.A great thrust of a lance at a dead Moor.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCuidando donde vás, te esqueces donde vens.Thinking of where you are going, you forget whence you came.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesErva má, naõ lhe empece a geada.Ill weeds are not hurt by frost.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCada mosca faz sua sombra.Every fly has its shadow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFazer de huma pulga hum cavalleiro armado.To make of a flea a knight cap-a-pie.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMal me querem minhas comadres, porque lhes digo as verdades.My gossips don’t like me because I tell them truths.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVai-se o tempo, como o vento.Time passes like the wind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO dinheiro do avarento, duas vezes vai à feira.Misers’ money goes twice to market.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMuitos beijaõ a maõ, que quizeraõ ver cortada.Many kiss the hand they would gladly see cut off.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ bebas cousa, que naõ vejas, nem assines carta, que naõ leas.Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDinheiro he a medida de todas as cousas.Money is the measure of all things.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO lobo perde os dentes, mas naõ o costume.The wolf loses his teeth, but not his inclination.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQue queira, que naõ queira, o asno ha de ir á feira.Will he nill he, the ass must go to the fair.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesO moço preguiçoso, por naõ dar huma passada, da oito.The lazy servant takes eight steps to avoid one.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMadruga, e verás; trabalha, e terás.Rise early, and you will observe; labour, and you will have.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHa males, que vem por bem.There are ills that happen for good.
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