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Phrase · 🧩 Idiomatic speech

Isso é chover no molhado: todo mundo já sabe.

That's stating the obvious: everybody already knows.

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Why every word is where it is

Issopronounthiséverbisser · present · 3rd sing.chover1verbraininginfinitiveno1prepositionon theem+o · masc. · sing. · definitemolhado1adjectivewetmasc. · sing.:todo2determinereverymasc. · sing.mundo2nounworldmasc. · sing.jáadverbalreadysabeverbknowssaber · present · 3rd sing..
  • chover → molhado: idiom
  • mundo → sabe: subject–verb

Word for word: “This is raining on the wet: the whole world already knows.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    chover no molhado = "state the obvious".
  2. 2
    todo mundo = "everybody", with a singular verb.