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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



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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead


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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead


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

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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead


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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead



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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead


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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead

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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead


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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead


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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead



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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhea



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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead


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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead



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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead



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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead



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


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Artwork by Mariana Crisóstomo aka Junkhead


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