English: "A penny saved is a penny earned" Portuguese: No poupar é que está o ganho"
English: "Too many cooks spoil the broth" Portuguese: " Muitas mãos na massa, estragam a obra"
English: "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today" Portuguese: "Não deixe para amanhã o que pode fazer hoje"
English: "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar" Portuguese: "Com vinagre não se apanham moscas"
Friday, July 10, 2015
English: "A lie
begets a lie"
Portuguese: "Uma mentira puxa outra"
English: "A closed mouth catches no flies" Portuguese: "Boca fechada não entra mosca"
English: "Where there's smoke, there's fire" Portuguese: "Onde há fumaça, há fogo "
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: "Rome wasn't built in one day" Portuguese: "Rome não foi feita em um dia" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: "Old habits die hard" Portuguese: "Velhos hábitos nunca mudam" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English "Lightning never strikes twice in the same place" Portuguese: "Um raio nunca cai duas vezes no mesmo lugar" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: "He who laughs last, laughs best" Portuguese: "Quem ri por ultimo, ri melhor " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: "Don't put the cart before the horse." Portuguese: "Não ponha a carroça à frente dos bois" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
English: "Do as I say, not as I do" Portuguese: "Faça o que eu digo, e não o que faço"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: " Curiosity killed the cat" Portuguese: " A curiosidade matou o gato" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
English: "A picture paints a thousand words" Portuguese: "Uma imagem vale mais do que mil palavras"
Thursday, July 2, 2015
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: "March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers" Portuguese: "Abril aguas mil" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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English: "Never look a gift horse in the mouth."
Portuguese: "A cavalo dado não se olha o dente"
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: "All roads lead to Rome" Portuguese: "Todos os caminhos levam à Roma" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: "All that glitters is not gold" Portuguese: "Nem tudo o que brilha é ouro" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: " Two heads are better than one" Portuguese: "Duas cabeças pensam melhor do que uma" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: " If you can't beat them, join them" Portuguese: " Se nao consegues vencê-los, junta-te a eles" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English: "Birds of a feather flock together"/"Dogs of a tether walk together" Portuguese: "Diz-me com quem tu andas e eu dir-te-ei quem tu és"
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English: "When it rains, it pours"
Portuguese: " Uma desgraça nunca vem só"
English: "Between a rock and a hard place" Portuguese: "Entre a espada e a parede"
English: "Better safe than sorry" Portuguese:"Mais vale prevenir do que remediar"