Achaques ao odre, que sabe ao pez.The wine-skin has its reasons for smelling of pitch.
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Queres que te siga o caõ, da-lhe paõ.If you would have the dog follow you, give him bread.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDai-me dinheiro, naõ me deis conselho.Give me money, not advice.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCada hum se contente com o que Deos lhe dá.Let every one be content with what God has given him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFazer conta sem a hospeda.To reckon without one’s hostess.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCasar, casar, soa bem, e sabe mal.Marry, marry, sounds well but tastes ill.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMalhar no ferro em quanto está quente.Strike while the iron is hot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLonge da vista, longe do coraçaõ.Out of sight, out of mind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHomem nescio, dá ás vezes bom conselho.Fools sometimes give wise men counsel.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDo mal o menos.Of evils, choose the least.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOnde força naõ ha, direito se perde.Where there’s no might there’s no right.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDebaixo de huma ruim capa jaz hum bom bebedor.Under a shabby cloak may be a smart drinker.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBem toucada naõ ha mulher feia.No woman is ugly if she is well dressed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPrincipio querem as cousas.Everything must have a beginning.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA perda, que teu visinho naõ sabe, naõ he perda na verdade.The loss which your neighbour does not know is no real loss.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAo que faz mal, nunca lhe faltaõ achaques.He that does ill never wants for excuses.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDeita-te sem cea, amanhecerás sem divida.Go to bed without supper, you will rise without debt.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPalavras de santo, e cenhas de gato.Saint’s words, cat’s claws.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPaga o justo pelo peccador.The righteous pays for the sinner.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDonde foste pagem, naõ serás escudeiro.Where you were a page, be not an esquire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO amigo ha de se levar com a sua tacha.A friend is to be taken with his faults.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCouces de egoa, amores para rocim.The mare’s kicks are caresses to the colt.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBem estou com meu amigo, que come o seu paõ comigo.I am on good terms with the friend who eats his bread with me.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTambem os ameaçados comem paõ.Threatened folks eat bread.
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