Apr 28, 2011 11:07
13 yrs ago
Portuguese term
Em terra de sapo, mosca não dá rasante.
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Provérbio.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | In a land of frogs, flies don't fly low |
SusanaAires (X)
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| 3 +1 | Don't sail too close to the wind |
Diana Coada (X)
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| 4 | Don't skate on thin ice. |
Oliver Simões
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| 3 | don't stick your neck out! |
Nick Taylor
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| 4 -1 | people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones |
airmailrpl
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Proposed translations
+2
41 mins
Selected
In a land of frogs, flies don't fly low
In a land of frogs, flies don't fly low
Note from asker:
| Obrigada, Susana. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Uma vez que nenhum provérbio em Inglês parece corresponder à ideia, parece-me que a melhor solução é traduzir o original."
1 hr
Nick Taylor
Native in English
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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52
don't stick your neck out!
don't stick your neck out!
Note from asker:
| Obrigada. Nick. |
+1
1 hr
Don't sail too close to the wind
i.e. don't put yourself in a dangerous situation
Note from asker:
| Obrigada, Diana. |
-1
1 hr
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
64
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Em terra de sapo, mosca não dá rasante => people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
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People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones - Idioms ...
C People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones D One man's meat is another man's poison 4) Which saying means it is easy to be jealous? ...
www.idioms.thefreedictionary.com/People who live in glass h...
People who live in glass houses - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary ...
People who live in glass houses (shouldn't throw stones). something that you ...
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people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones ...
(redirected from people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones). Also found in: Medical, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson, 0.03 sec. ...
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Note from asker:
| Obrigada. |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Diana Coada (X)
: This means you should not criticize other people for having the same faults that you yourself have http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/people who live in glass...'t+throw+stones
4 mins
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obviously
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| disagree |
Adriana Maciel
: Diferentes sentidos...
1 hr
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obviously
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11 hrs
Oliver Simões
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
Don't skate on thin ice.
Skate On Thin Ice: take a risk; do something dangerous; it could have a very bad result ...
Note from asker:
| Obrigada, Oliver. |
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