| 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 | | Entered by: |   Todd Field |
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Art/Literary | | Portuguese term or phrase: fazer o ninho atrás da orelha | | 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? |
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| | Pull the wool over someone's eyes | Explanation:
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. |
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