Cavallo, que voa, naõ quer espóra.A fast horse does not want the spur.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Cada hum em sua casa he Rei.Every one is a king in his own house.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGallo bom nunca foi gordo.A good cock was never fat.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAo agradecido, mais do pedido.Give a grateful man more than he asks.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMorder a quem morde.Bite the biter.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ ha prazer, que naõ enfade, e mais se se houver debalde.There is no pleasure that does not pall, the more so if it costs nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesServe a senhor, saberàs que he dor.Serve a lord, and you will know what it is to be vexed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAonde hirá o boi, que naõ lavre, pois que sabe?Where shall the ox go bid he must labour, since he knows how?
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHomem de bem, tem palavra, como Rei.An honest man’s word is as good as the king’s.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOnde ha amigos, ha riquezas.Where friends, there riches.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCasa o filho quando quizeres, e a filha quando puveres.Marry your son when you please, your daughter when you can.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ me apraz porta, que a muitas chaves faz.Beware of a door that has many keys.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFaze-te morto, deixar-te-ha o touro.Feign death and the bull will leave you.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBom entendedor, poucas palavras.A word to the wise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLevantar a lebre, para que outrem medre.To start the hare for another’s profit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO caõ velho, quando ladra, dà conselho.When the old dog barks, he gives counsel.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRaposa 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 sourcesBem canta o Francez, papo molhado.The Frenchman sings well, when his throat is moistened.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA espada e o annel, segundo a maõ em que estiver.The sword and the ring according to the hand that bears them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val guardar, que pedir.Better keep, than have to beg.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDonde tiraõ, e naõ põem, cedo chegaõ ao fundo.Taking out without putting in, soon comes to the bottom.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesO homem he fogo, e a mulher estopa, vem o diabo, assopra.Man is fire, woman is tow, and the devil comes and blows.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe bons propositos está o inferno cheio.Hell is paved with good intentions.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOnde a gallinha tem os ovos, là se lhe vaõ os olhos.The hen’s eyes turn to where she has her eggs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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