| Revisão 19 de
dezembro de 1999 |
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1. Quem não tem cão
caça com gato
It's
used when someone doesn't have the right tool to do
something
and he or she does it some another way. For example, if
some people
want to play soccer and there's no soccer ball, they try
to find
another kind of ball. Probably it'll be not as good as a
real ball but
it'll work.
2.
Quem com o ferro fere com ferro será ferido
If
someone does bad things to another person, this situation
will
be reversed and the "bad person" will suffer
the same suffering he has caused.
For example a person who forgot a friend will be for
forgotten by
an another friend.
3. O que os
olhos não vêem o coração não sente.
"What eyes don't
see, the heart doesn't feel."
If we don't
see bad things we won't suffer.
4. Aqui se
faz aqui se paga
A
person who does good things will receive good things.
A person who does bad things will receive bad things.
5. Deus
ajuda quem cedo madruga.
"God will help
you if you wake up early".
It means God helps who works
hard.
6.
Casa de ferreiro, espeto de pau.
"In the house of
a blacksmith, the fork is made of wood."
It means that people who were most supposed to use the
right tools
often use poor substitutes.
7. Quem vê
cara não vê coração
"Who sees the
face doesn't see the heart."
Sometimes we can be misguided
by the exterior appearence of someone.
8. Mais vale
um pássaro na mão que dois voando.
"One bird held in
our hands values more than two birds flying."
We had better be on the safe
side and ensure something than risk
everything and end up with nothing.
9. Quem
semeia ventos colhe tempestades.
"He who seeds
winds will reap storms."
The results of our actions
return to us multiplied.
10. Quem
tudo quer, tudo perde.
"He who wants
everything, loses everything."
11. A
mentira tem pernas curtas.
"The lie has
short legs."
Lies are difficult to maintain
because we often discover facts that reveal the lie.
12. Água
mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura.
"Soft water hits
a hard stone so much that a hole is made in the
stone."
It means that even the toughest people/things are
overcome
through hard enough insistence.
13. Quem
nunca comeu melado, quando come se lambuza.
"Someone who has
never eaten syrup, will get completely
messed up with it when he eats it."
It means, when someone gets access to a good thing to
which he
never had access before, he will go for it with
everything, wanting to
have as much of it as possible - and will get all messed
up.
14. Gato
escaldado tem medo de água fria.
"A scalded cat is
afraid of cold water."
When someone has had a bad experience, he'll be much
more cautious in similar situations that may not even
present risk.
Obrigado
à
Vanessa Ares Cavalcante e César Gil
pela informação.
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