Breaking a glass means, according to popular superstition, that the person who broke the glass will have good luck, meaning that something good will happen in his life. There is another current of superstitious that...
"Goat of the pest" is a popular expression used in the Northeast of Brazil that means brave, courageous, hardworking man. In the northeastern hinterland, rainfall is scarce and the sertanejo suffers from serious...
The bread that the devil kneaded or "ate the bread that the devil kneaded" is a popular expression that means to go through great suffering or great hardship. It is used to describe the degree of despair...
Pé na jaca is a popular expression that means committing excesses, exceeding limits, exaggerating the dose. The expression sticking your foot in the jackfruit has the same meaning, emphasizing even more the popular saying.
Half bowl or "half bowl" is a popular expression meaning worthless, mediocre. It is used to designate something unimportant. It can also be used to define an incompetent person. Ex: The...
Scapegoat is an expression used to define a person who is blamed for others. Scapegoat is an expression used when someone is accused of an offense they did not do, or did not...
Flor do Lácio is an expression used to designate the Portuguese language. In the sonnet “Língua Portuguesa”, the Brazilian poet Olavo Bilac (1865-1918) writes in the first verse “Lazio's Last Flower,...
Columbus' Egg is a popular expression that means that something very difficult to accomplish, seems very easy, once it's done. Columbus' Egg is a metaphor used to assert that anyone...
Caixa prego is a popular Brazilian expression that is used to describe a far away place, very far away, either in reality or in a symbolic way. Some synonyms of this expression are...
Sustança is a feminine noun in the Portuguese language and means "something that gives vigor, strength". It can also be used to describe something substantial, sumptuous, pompous and magnificent. It's a term usually...
"Tirar o hat" is a popular expression in the Portuguese language and means "extraordinary fact", which deserves homage, something worthy of admiration. The full expression is "hats off" and it's...
Combing monkey is a popular expression of the Portuguese language, used in Brazil, normally included in phrase "Go comb monkey!" and which means "go take care of your life", "don't bother", "get out", "stop in...
"Inês é morta" is an expression in the Portuguese language and means "it doesn't work anymore". Nowadays the phrase is used to express the uselessness of certain actions. Often this complete expression is...
Okie Dokie is an expression in English, whose translation into Portuguese is: "ok", "thank you" or "falou". This is slang that has several alternative forms of writing, the most common being " okey dokey " and "...
Srta is the abbreviation for the word "Miss". The abbreviation miss is common in letters or e-mails, and means miss, which is a respectful term to address young, unmarried females. THE...