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16 Portuguese Sayings That Don’t Make Any Sense

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Every language has common sayings that everyone knows and uses that don’t necessarily make sense, especially when translated into another language.

Artist Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead illustrated a series of commons phrases in Portuguese, providing the literal translation along with what the saying means conversationally.

[via Behance]

 

 

1. “Go with the pigs”
meaning: DIE

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

2. “Flea behind the ear”
meaning: BEING SUSPICIOUS

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

3. “Dizzy Cockroach”
meaning: BEING UNFOCUSED/CLUMSY

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

4. “Wake up with the feet outside”
meaning: WOKE UP IN A BAD MOOD

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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

5. “Being with the olive oils”
meaning: IN A BAD MOOD

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

6. “Many years turning chickens”
meaning: A LOT OF EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

7. “Little monkeys in the head”
meaning: HAVING STRANGE/SUSPICIOUS THOUGHTS

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

8. “Comb monkeys”
meaning: GO F%CK YOURSELF (in a polite way…)

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

9. “Swallow frogs”
meaning: SHUT UP AND ACCEPT UNPLEASANT THINGS

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

10. “Take the little horse from the rain”
meaning: DON’T COUNT ON THAT!

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

11. “Breaking all the dishes”
meaning: ROCKIN’!!

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

12. “Go bother Camões”
meaning: GO BOTHER SOMEONE ELSE

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

13. “Water up his beard”
meaning: A LOT OF WORK

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

14. “A lot of cans”
meaning: 100% SHAMELESS

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

15. “Bread bread, cheese cheese”
meaning: IT IS THIS SIMPLE!

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

16. “Under the Banana Tree shade”
meaning: NO WORRIES

 
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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead
Behance | Facebook | Instagram

 

 

 

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