Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
fazer o ninho atrás da orelha
English translation:
Pull the wool over someone's eyes
Added to glossary by
Todd Field
May 19, 2003 21:03
21 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Traduttore...ma non traditore!
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, and 4 more.
fazer o ninho atrás da orelha
Portuguese to English
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Numa tentativa de encontrar equivalentes entre provérbios, expressões populares,adágios,etc entre por. e ing. gostaria de ajuda para: 'fazer o ninho atrás da orelha'How doest it sound in english? Is there any possible translation for this expression?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | Pull the wool over someone's eyes |
Todd Field
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| 3 | Enganar alguém |
Ines Bojlesen
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Proposed translations
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Pull the wool over someone's eyes
This means to deceive, to fool.
Depending on the context of the phrase, this could be a correct English proverb to substitute the Portuguese one.
Depending on the context of the phrase, this could be a correct English proverb to substitute the Portuguese one.
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Enganar alguém
As far as I know, the expression is used in Portugal
Peer comment(s):
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Janis Carter
: You mean like "pull someone's leg?"
38 mins
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Not quite, more like to deceive, mislead
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