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1 to throw a sprat to catch a herring
to throw a sprat to catch a herringsacrificar pouco para ganhar muito.English-Portuguese dictionary > to throw a sprat to catch a herring
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2 herring
['heriŋ]plurals - herring, herrings; noun(a small, edible kind of sea fish.) arenque* * *her.ring[h'eriŋ] n Ichth arenque. red herring a) arenque defumado. b) tentativa de desviar o assunto. to throw a sprat to catch a herring sacrificar pouco para ganhar muito.
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throw a sprat to catch a herring — (or to catch a whale)) to forego an advantage in hope of greater profit … Dictionary of ichthyology