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Idioms Brazilians actually use (C2)
Forty everyday idioms in full sentences, from pisar na bola and pagar o pato to enfiar o pé na jaca and pendurar as chuteiras. Several look like Spanish idioms and mean something else.
| # | Słowo | Część mowy | Znaczenie | Poziom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ele pisou na bola com o cliente. | zwrot | He dropped the ball with the client. | C2 |
| 2 | Quem vai pagar o pato sou eu. | zwrot | I'm the one who'll take the blame. | C2 |
| 3 | Ela chutou o balde e largou tudo. | zwrot | She lost patience and dropped everything. | C2 |
| 4 | Enfiei o pé na jaca no fim de semana. | zwrot | I really overdid it at the weekend. | C2 |
| 5 | O projeto deu com os burros n'água. | zwrot | The project came to nothing. | C2 |
| 6 | Não adianta chorar sobre o leite derramado. | zwrot | There's no use crying over spilt milk. | C2 |
| 7 | Vamos colocar os pingos nos is. | zwrot | Let's dot the i's and cross the t's. | C2 |
| 8 | Ele está com a pulga atrás da orelha. | zwrot | He smells a rat. | C2 |
| 9 | Isso foi a gota d'água. | zwrot | That was the last straw. | C2 |
| 10 | Ela se acha, tem o rei na barriga. | zwrot | She thinks she's all that; she's full of herself. | C2 |
| 11 | Meu irmão vive no mundo da lua. | zwrot | My brother always has his head in the clouds. | C2 |
| 12 | Tô com um pé atrás com essa proposta. | zwrot | I'm a bit wary of this proposal. | C2 |
| 13 | Depois de tanta promessa, ele ficou a ver navios. | zwrot | After so many promises, he was left empty-handed. | C2 |
| 14 | Esse sofá custou os olhos da cara. | zwrot | That sofa cost an arm and a leg. | C2 |
| 15 | Ela me deu um bolo ontem. | zwrot | She stood me up yesterday. | C2 |
| 16 | Não vou ficar de braços cruzados. | zwrot | I'm not going to sit back and do nothing. | C2 |
| 17 | Estamos todos no mesmo barco. | zwrot | We're all in the same boat. | C2 |
| 18 | Ele conhece o Recife como a palma da mão. | zwrot | He knows Recife like the back of his hand. | C2 |
| 19 | Engoli sapo a reunião inteira. | zwrot | I had to bite my tongue the whole meeting. | C2 |
| 20 | Essa história está mal contada. | zwrot | There's something fishy about this story. | C2 |
| 21 | Pode tirar o cavalinho da chuva. | zwrot | Don't get your hopes up. | C2 |
| 22 | Vamos esperar a poeira baixar. | zwrot | Let's wait for the dust to settle. | C2 |
| 23 | Minha tia fala pelos cotovelos. | zwrot | My aunt talks the hind legs off a donkey. | C2 |
| 24 | Ele é muito pão-duro. | zwrot | He's really stingy. | C2 |
| 25 | Sem verba, ficamos de mãos atadas. | zwrot | Without funding, our hands are tied. | C2 |
| 26 | Ele se enrolou e meteu os pés pelas mãos. | zwrot | He got flustered and made a mess of it. | C2 |
| 27 | Dizer que o trânsito está ruim é chover no molhado. | zwrot | Saying the traffic is bad is stating the obvious. | C2 |
| 28 | Ele adora tirar uma com a cara dos outros. | zwrot | He loves making fun of people. | C2 |
| 29 | Mas que cara de pau: ele furou a fila e ainda reclamou! | zwrot | What a nerve: he jumped the queue and still complained! | C2 |
| 30 | Fiquei com cara de tacho quando descobri o erro. | zwrot | I felt such a fool when I found out the mistake. | C2 |
| 31 | Esse plano não tem pé nem cabeça. | zwrot | This plan makes no sense at all. | C2 |
| 32 | Este mês vou ter que rebolar para pagar as contas. | zwrot | This month I'll have to bend over backwards to pay the bills. | C2 |
| 33 | Me dá uma mão aqui com essas caixas? | zwrot | Can you give me a hand with these boxes? | C2 |
| 34 | O fiscal fez vista grossa para as irregularidades. | zwrot | The inspector turned a blind eye to the irregularities. | C2 |
| 35 | Fiquei de molho em casa por causa da gripe. | zwrot | I stayed in to recover from the flu. | C2 |
| 36 | A gente matou aula para ir à praia. | zwrot | We skipped class to go to the beach. | C2 |
| 37 | O aluno encheu linguiça e não respondeu à pergunta. | zwrot | The student padded his answer and didn't answer the question. | C2 |
| 38 | Não fui com a cara dele. | zwrot | I didn't take to him. | C2 |
| 39 | Com tantas dívidas, ele está com a corda no pescoço. | zwrot | With so many debts, he's in deep water. | C2 |
| 40 | Depois de trinta anos de carreira, o goleiro pendurou as chuteiras. | zwrot | After thirty years in the game, the goalkeeper hung up his boots. | C2 |