Aquelles saõ ricos, que tem amigos.They are rich who have friends.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Antes morto por ladrões, que por couce de asno.Better be killed by robbers than by the kick of an ass.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAquella ave he má, que em seu ninho suja.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMatar dous passaros com huma pedra.To kill two birds with one stone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val boa regra, que boa renda.Good management is better than good income.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesConta de perto, amigo de longe.Short reckonings make long friends.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPalavras naõ enchem barriga.Words don’t fill the belly.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNem por muito madrugar, amanhece mais asinha.It dawns none the sooner for all one’s early rising.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAbre tua bolsa, abrirei a minha boca.Open your purse, and I will open my mouth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEntrar por hum ouvido, e sahir pello outro.In at one ear and out at the other.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAbaixaõ-se os muros, levantaõ-se os monturos.Walls sink and dunghills rise.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEm casa do ladraõ, naõ lembrar baraço.Never mention a rope in the house of a thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDeixar fazer a Deos, que he santo velho.He is an old saint, and may leave it in the hands of God.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuem tudo lo quier, tudo lo pierde.All covet, all lose.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCada hum trate de si, e deixe os outros.Let every man mind his own business, and leave others to theirs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTanto val a cousa, quanto daõ por ella.The worth of a thing is what it will bring.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPreguiça, chave de pobreza.Sloth is the key of poverty.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSempre o alheio suspira por seu dono.What is another’s always sighs for its master.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIra de irmaõs, ira de diabos.The wrath of brothers is the wrath of devils.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCada cabello faz sua sombra na terra.Every hair casts its shadow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPelos Santos novos esquecem os velhos.The old saints are forgotten in the new.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAzeite, vinho e amigo, o mais antigo.Of oil, wine, and friends, the oldest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFalla pouco, e bem, ter-te-haõ por alguem.Speak little and well, they will think you somebody.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGalgo que muitas lebres levanta, nenhuma mata.The greyhound that starts many hares kills none.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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