Phrase · 🧩 Everyday idioms
Pode tirar o cavalo da chuva.
You can forget about it.
B1telling someone to give up an ideainformallearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Pode1verbyou canpoder · present · 3rd sing.tirar2verbtake outinfinitiveodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitecavalo2nounhorsemasc. · sing.daprepositionfrom thede · fem. · sing. · definitechuva2nounrainfem. · sing..
- Pode → tirar: governs
- tirar → cavalo: object
- tirar → chuva: fixed phrase
Word for word: “(You) can take the horse out-of-the rain.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Pode with no subject = "you can" (você is understood). Verb + infinitive: querer, poder, precisar, saber, dever, conseguir →
- 2tirar o cavalo da chuva = to give up hope of something, because it isn’t going to happen. Often cavalinho.
Variations
- Pode tirar o cavalinho da chuva!
- Nem pensar!
- Esquece, isso não vai rolar.