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1 what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
what is bred in the bone will come out in the fleshfilho de peixe, peixinho é.English-Portuguese dictionary > what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
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2 bone
[bəun] 1. noun1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) osso2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) osso2. verb(to take the bones out of (fish etc).) tirar a espinha- bony- bone china
- bone idle
- a bone of contention
- have a bone to pick with someone
- have a bone to pick with
- to the bone* * *[boun] n 1 osso. 2 chifre. 3 espinha de peixe. 4 substância semelhante ao osso (marfim, dentina, barbatanas de baleia). 5 questão a resolver, assunto. I have a bone to pick with you / tenho contas a ajustar com você. 6 essência, âmago. 7 bones a) esqueleto, ossatura. b) dados. c) fig o corpo. d) castanholas. e) barbatanas (de roupas). • vt+vi 1 desossar, tirar os ossos. 2 coll estudar muito. 3 pôr barbatanas. 4 sl furtar, surripiar. a bag of bones um feixe de ossos, um esqueleto. a horse with plenty of bone um cavalo vigoroso. as dry (or as hard) as a bone seco (ou duro) como um osso. bone of contention pomo de discórdia. he is all skin and bones ele é só pele e osso. he made no bones about ele não teve dúvidas, não hesitou em dizer. I feel it in my bones tenho um pressentimento, tenho uma intuição. to the bones até os ossos. I’m chilled to the bones / estou gelado até os ossos. what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh filho de peixe, peixinho é.
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