quando a cabeça não pensa o corpo padece

English translation: Marry in haste, repent at leisure

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Portuguese term or phrase:quando a cabeça não pensa o corpo padece
English translation:Marry in haste, repent at leisure
Entered by: Bett

09:22 Feb 18, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / conversation
Portuguese term or phrase: quando a cabeça não pensa o corpo padece
quando a cabeça não pensa o corpo padece - quando faz coisas sem pensar, sofre as consequências
Bett
Local time: 07:05
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
Explanation:
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 10:05
Grading comment
thank you! have a nice one!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Marry in haste, repent at leisure
Nick Taylor
3Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet.
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
3healthy mind in a healthy body
Verginia Ophof


Discussion entries: 6





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Marry in haste, repent at leisure


Explanation:
Marry in haste, repent at leisure

Nick Taylor
Local time: 10:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
thank you! have a nice one!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Purdom
23 mins
  -> Cheers

agree  Ana Vozone
4 hrs
  -> thanks Ana

agree  Gilmar Fernandes: I'd go with what you posted in the discussion box: "Act in haste, repent at leisure".
7 hrs
  -> Yeah! me too. Answer in haste repent at leisure :-)

agree  Lais Leite: Agree with Gilmar, the best translation should be your suggestion: Act in haste, repent at leisure!;)
8 hrs
  -> Yeah! me too. Answer in haste repent at leisure :-)

agree  Mario Freitas: I prefer the second choice, as well. Eliminate the marriage and generilize the thing.
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Mário

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: For me, it's totally general, it isn't about marriage.
11 hrs
  -> Thanks Muriel, I've always heard it used generally too

agree  Spiridon: Good one Yes
1 day 1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet.


Explanation:
https://books.google.cz/books?id=AbJ1tVGmiTgC&pg=PA906-IA2&l...

Mas não me consta que seja tão comum como em português.

E outras opções com o mesmo significado aqui: https://books.google.cz/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA...

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
healthy mind in a healthy body


Explanation:

"The body doesn't make moral judgements about feelings; it just responds."

" If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong."
you could turn this one around

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-02-18 13:25:15 GMT)
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Mens sana in corpore sano - Sound mind in a sound body

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-02-18 13:47:56 GMT)
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Poor decisions take their toll on the body

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 04:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
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