Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
o fanfarrão come aquilo que vomita
English translation:
The braggart eats what he vomits.
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Elvira Alves Barry
Aug 22, 2007 11:45
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Portuguese term
o fanfarrão come aquilo que vomita
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Aug 22, 2007 12:10: Fabio Descalzi changed "Language pair" from "Portuguese" to "Portuguese to English"
Aug 22, 2007 18:52: Elvira Alves Barry Created KOG entry
May 5, 2008 16:07: Elvira Alves Barry changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/718789">Elvira Alves Barry's</a> old entry - "o fanfarrão come aquilo que vomita"" to ""The braggart eats what he vomits.""
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The braggart eats what he vomits.
In other words, he will eat his words, or his words will come back to haunt him.
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Comment: "Muito obrigado! Está uma tradução simples e muito clara."
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