Acertar na mosca<\/strong> – to hit the nail on the head. Voc\u00ea achou a falha, Beth. Voc\u00ea acertou na mosca!<\/em> (You’ve spotted the flaw, Beth. You’ve hit the nail on the head!)<\/p>\n Abotoar o palet\u00f3<\/strong> – to die, to kick the bucket. Se ele continuar bebendo assim ele vai abotoar o palet\u00f3 logo logo.<\/em> (If he keeps drinking like that he’s going to kick the bucket real soon.)<\/p>\n Acabar em pizza<\/strong> – to come to nothing. This expression is used when corruption and no one is punished, eventually people order a pizza because there’s nothing else to be done. Todo mundo achava que ele ia ser preso, mas tudo acabou em pizza.<\/em> (Everybody thought he was going to be arrested, but nothing came of it.)<\/p>\n Achar\/procurar chifre em cabe\u00e7a de cavalo<\/strong> – Literally “to look for horns on the head of a horse”, which means to look for problems where they don’t exist. N\u00e3o sei porque ela est\u00e1 procurando chifre em cabe\u00e7a de cavalo, j\u00e1 est\u00e1 tudo certo para a viagem.<\/em> (I don’t know why she’s looking for trouble where there’s none, everything’s set for the trip.)<\/p>\n A dar com pau<\/strong> – in large amounts, loads of something. Tinha comida a dar com pau na festa.<\/em> (There were lots of food at the party.)<\/p>\n Agarrar com unhas e dentes<\/strong> – to take full advantage of an opportunity, not let it slip away. Ele agarrou seu novo emprego com unhas e dentes e est\u00e1 fazendo de tudo para mant\u00ea-lo.<\/em> (He’s fiercely held on to his new job and is doing everything to keep it.)<\/p>\n \u00c1gua que passarinho n\u00e3o bebe<\/strong> – alcoholic beverage, “water that birds don’t drink” (humorous). Ele estava com um copo na m\u00e3o e acho que era de \u00e1gua que passarinho n\u00e3o bebe.<\/em> (He was holding a glass and I think it was booze.)<\/p>\n Amigo da on\u00e7a<\/strong> – false, fake, phony friend. O mundo est\u00e1 cheio de amigos da on\u00e7a.<\/em> (The world is full of phony friends.)<\/p>\n Nos vemos na pr\u00f3xima semana!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oi, tudo bem com voc\u00ea? Brazilian Portuguese has lots of cool and interesting idioms so let’s start learning some of them, tudo bem? Vamos come\u00e7ar? Abandonar o barco – literally it means to abandon the boat, to jump off ship. It’s used when you give up on a hard ongoing situation. Ele n\u00e3o aguentou a…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/01\/jumping-off-ship1-350x273.jpg\")