- Expressions (expressões) – Call it quits
- Expressions (expressões) – Get over it
- Expressions (Expressões) – Knock off
- Expressions (expressões) – Go Bananas
- Expressions (expressões) – Spill the Beans
- Expressions (expressões) – Ants in Your Pants
- Expressions (expressões) – Fishy
- Expressions (expressões) – Kill Two Birds with One Stone
- Expressions (expressões) – Piece of Cake
- Expressions (expressões) – Dog Eat Dog
(English, like most other languages, is full of expressions that don’t really make sense when translated. This series will explore some of the different, popular expressions used in English to help any speaker improve their vocabulary.)
The next few expressions are all going to deal with animal terms. English loves to use food and animals in the expressions, even when the meaning isn’t actually related to the food.
Many expressions don’t have a direct translation from English to Portuguese, but sometimes we get lucky. The expression “kill two birds with one stone” actually has a very similar expression in Portuguese, but it uses a different animal – catch two rabbits with the same box! This means to accomplish two different things at the same time.
Examples
I need to go to the bank and get lunch. If I go to the mall, I can kill two birds with one stone, because they have restaurants and banks.
I’ll kill two birds with one stone by listening to a podcast while working out at the gym.
