A capon eight months old is fit for a king's table.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about old, olderness
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Pay what you owe, you will get well of your malady.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about malady
He who would catch fish, must not mind getting wet.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about mind, trap, fishing
The guests will go away, and we will eat the pasty.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
I meant to cross myself and put out one of my eyes.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about eyes
Let not the tongue utter what the head must pay for.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about heads
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about sublime
The wine-skin has its reasons for smelling of pitch.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wine
The blunders of physicians are covered by the earth.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about earth
My gossips don't like me because I tell them truths.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Speak little and well, they will think you somebody.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
It's better not to poke a jaguar with a short staff.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
More grows in a garden than the gardener sows there.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about garden
The grass is always greener on your neighbor's yard.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about garden
Between husband and wife, one doesn't put the spoon.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about husband, wife
Trust not tow with firebrands, not a woman with men.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about woman, man
It dawns none the sooner for all one's early rising.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
A cat that has been scalded is afraid of cold water.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about water
I kiss thee hide, because thou art to be a wine-bag.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about kiss, art, magic, wine
It is nothing -- they are only thrashing my husband.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about husband, nothing
