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Portuguese Idioms, Expressions & False Friends

196 cards · pt-BR → 🇺🇸 English

Colorful Portuguese idioms and tricky false friends that don't mean what they look like, Portuguese → English.

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  1. 1It's raining heavily
    Está a chover canivetes (It's raining penknives)
  2. 2To cost an arm and a leg
    Custar os olhos da cara (To cost the eyes of the face)
  3. 3To kick the bucket / die
    Bater as botas (To hit the boots)
  4. 4To be in a good mood
    Estar com uma pedra no sapato (To have a stone in the shoe - opposite meaning)
  5. 5To be broke / penniless
    Estar sem eira nem beira (To be without threshing floor nor edge)
  6. 6To spill the beans
    Abrir o jogo (To open the game)
  7. 7To be very hungry
    Estar com uma fome de leão (To have a lion's hunger)
  8. 8To sleep like a log
    Dormir como uma pedra (To sleep like a stone)
  9. 9To have a sweet tooth
    Ser guloso (To be gluttonous)
  10. 10Every cloud has a silver lining
    Há males que vêm por bem (There are evils that come for good)
  11. 11To be daydreaming
    Estar nas nuvens (To be in the clouds)
  12. 12To beat around the bush
    Ir com rodeios (To go with detours)
  13. 13To mind one's own business
    Tratar da própria vida (To take care of one's own life)
  14. 14To pull someone's leg
    Pregar uma partida (To play a trick)
  15. 15To be the black sheep
    Ser a ovelha negra (To be the black sheep)
  16. 16To have butterflies in one's stomach
    Ter um frio na barriga (To have a cold in the belly)
  17. 17Better late than never
    Antes tarde do que nunca (Before late than never)
  18. 18To get up on the wrong side of the bed
    Acordar com o pé esquerdo (To wake up with the left foot)
  19. 19When pigs fly
    Quando as galinhas tiverem dentes (When chickens have teeth)
  20. 20To not give a damn
    Estar-se nas tintas (To be in the inks)
  21. 21To add insult to injury
    Deitar sal na ferida (To throw salt in the wound)
  22. 22To be a piece of cake
    Ser canja (To be chicken soup)
  23. 23To cost a fortune
    Custar uma fortuna (To cost a fortune)
  24. 24To be caught red-handed
    Ser apanhado com a boca na botija (To be caught with mouth in the jar)
  25. 25To turn a blind eye
    Fechar os olhos (To close the eyes)
  26. 26To be a pain in the neck
    Ser um chato (To be a boring one)
  27. 27To break the ice
    Quebrar o gelo (To break the ice)
  28. 28To be on cloud nine
    Estar nas nuvens (To be in the clouds)
  29. 29To go from bad to worse
    Ir de mal a pior (To go from bad to worse)
  30. 30To make a mountain out of a molehill
    Fazer uma tempestade num copo de água (To make a storm in a glass of water)

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