"Even a worm will turn"
Portuguese translation: até um verme pode reagir se provocado
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| 16:16 Aug 10, 2020 |
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|  Selected response from: Miriam Goldschmidt Brazil Local time: 18:24 | ||||||
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Ninguém gosta de ser saco de pancada Explanation: Essa é muito interessante. Eu ia falar que "nem todo mundo tem sangue de barata", mas acho que ia confundir o leitor já que o tema tem a ver com insetos. |
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| "even a worm will turn" até as pessoas mais dóceis podem se zangar Explanation: Ref: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Even a worm will turn |
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| "even a worm will turn" "não cutuque a onça com vara curta" Explanation: Expressão muito usada no Brasil que significa: " não mexa com quem está quieto" |
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21 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1pode reagir se provocado Explanation: Caso queira deixar a expressão de fora é uma ideia. |
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| "even a worm will turn" até um verme reage quando pisado Explanation: https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/ingles-portugues/worm?e... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2020-08-10 16:25:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- É preciso ter cuidado até com o mais pequeno dos seres vivos, quando é atacado, ele contra-ataca. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2020-08-10 16:45:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Even a worm will turn" is an expression used to convey the message that even the meekest or most docile of creatures will retaliate or seek revenge if pushed too far. The phrase was first recorded in a 1546 collection of proverbs by John Heywood, in the form "Treade a worme on the tayle, and it must turne agayne." It was used in William Shakespeare's play Henry VI, Part 3. In the play, the phrase is uttered by Lord Clifford, killer of Rutland as, "To whom do lions cast their gentle looks? Not to the beast that would usurp their den. The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood." https://www.definitions.net/definition/even a worm will turn |
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caso se sinta ameaçado, até um verme se defenderá Explanation: Sug. |
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47 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2| "even a worm will turn" até um verme se transforma Explanation: "he turned the house into flats: CONVERT, change, transform, make; adapt, modify, rebuild, reconstruct" (Concise Oxford Thesaurus) |
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