Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Em briga de marido e mulher, ninguém mete a colher.
English translation:
Nobody can do any good between a man and his wife.
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Michael Powers (PhD)
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Portuguese term
Em briga de marido e mulher, ninguém mete a colher.
Portuguese to English
Social Sciences
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
You know, when a husband and wife fight, you shouldn't interfere and try to take sides or help solve their problem; because next thing you know, they will be making up and then ganging up on you...
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Aug 3, 2007 22:53: Michael Powers (PhD) Created KOG entry
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Michael Powers (PhD)
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Nobody can do any good between a man and his wife.
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Also, "Nobody can do any good between a man and wife."
He Knew He Was Right, by Anthony Trollope (chapter9)‘Nobody can do any good between a man and wife,’ said Nora. Then Mrs Trevelyan began to tell her story, putting aside, with an impatient motion of her hands ...
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He Knew He Was Right, by Anthony Trollope‘Nobody can do any good between a man and wife,’ said Nora. Then Mrs Trevelyan began to tell her story, putting aside, with an impatient motion of her hands ...
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He Knew He Was Right - Google Books Resultby Anthony Trollope - 2004 - Fiction - 828 pages
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He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope: Chapter 9'Nobody can do any good between a man and wife,' said Nora. Then Mrs Trevelyan began to tell her story, putting aside, with an impatient motion of her hands ...
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Carmen Schultz
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No one should ever come between a husband and wife ...
God's Divine Order -by David J. StewartSo again, no one should ever come between a husband and wife! .... First, don't allow your family (especially mom) to meddle in your marriage...it's none of ...
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In a quarrel between a husband and his wife, keep away.
Em briga de marido e mulher, ninguém mete a colher.
In a quarrel between a husband and his wife, keep away. Em rio que tem piranha, jacaré nada de costas. In a dangerous river, the alligators swim backstroke. ...
www.learn-portuguese-now.com/proverbs.html
In a quarrel between a husband and his wife, keep away. Em rio que tem piranha, jacaré nada de costas. In a dangerous river, the alligators swim backstroke. ...
www.learn-portuguese-now.com/proverbs.html
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Leave other people's marriages alone
Another suggestion. More casually, "Keep your nose out of other people's marriages."
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