English: "the sting drawn, the fires banked"Portuguese translation: o ferrão, recolhido; o fogo, arrefecido. 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | "the sting drawn, the fires banked" | | Portuguese translation: | o ferrão, recolhido; o fogo, arrefecido. | | Entered by: | Alvaro Neder, Ph.D. |
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Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / idiom | | English term or phrase: "the sting drawn, the fires banked" | | "Ah, but he was a reformed character. Tamed by narrative. The sting drawn; the fires banked. He had revised his opinion of women" |
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 Alvaro Neder, Ph.D.
Brazil
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| o ferrão retraido..o fogo baixo
Explanation:
o ferrão retraido..o fogo baixo
to bank a fire - definition by dict.die.net[Obs.] --Shak. To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive. ...
dict.die.net/to%20bank%20a%20fire/
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