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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. BITE (ONE'S) NAILS. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvuG. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
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1. BITE ONE'S TONGUE. In: Tongue Idioms and Quizzes: Tongue Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3FR2Xfy. Acesso em: 16 out. 2021.
2. WINTERS, Rebecca. The Texas Ranger's Family. [S.l.]: Harlequin, 2016. E-book. 224 p. DOI 9781488006166, 1488006164. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3aGVfGz. Acesso em: 16 out. 2021.
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1. BITE THE BULLET. In: Wikipedia. São Francisco, Califórnia: Wikimedia Foundation. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvuJ. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
1. (lit.) cair pesadamente no chão; cair na poeira; comer poeira. ✰ The bike racer bit the dust as he turned around the corner. (O motociclista caiu na poeira ao virar a esquina.)
2. (fig., eufem.) morrer; bater as botas; abotoar o paletó; "virar presunto" (Virar). ✰ In the final scene of the movie, the villain bites the dust after an epic battle. (Na cena final do filme, o vilão bate as botas após uma batalha épica.)
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1. BITE THE DUST. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/93afd. Acesso em: 18 dez. 2023.
2. VIRAR presunto. In: Dictionário inFormal. [S.l.]: Marcelo Muniz Informática Ltda. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/muavr. Acesso em: 18 dez. 2023.
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1. BITE THE HAND that feeds you. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvuK. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
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1. BITTEN BY (some kind of) bug. In: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms and Quizzes: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/uxf2z. Acesso em: 1 mar. 2023.
2. LIFE & WORK with Michael Gillman. Voyage Raleigh, 21 jun. 2021. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/unbx3. Acesso em: 18 dez. 2023.
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1. A BITTER PILL to swallow. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3rapGhh. Acesso em: 30 jan. 2022.
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1. BLACK-AND-BLUE. In: Medical and Health Idioms and Quizzes: Medical and Health Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/33V6MlT. Acesso em: 30 jan. 2022.
2. MONET, Cynthia. Dangerous Trust. (S.l.): Xlibris US, 2009. E-book. 670 p. DOI 9781469106250, 1469106256. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3AGqiyk. Acesso em: 30 jan. 2022.
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1. BLACK AND WHITE. In: ILYAS, Nadia. List of 90 Colour Idioms With Meanings. Scribd. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvvn. Acesso em: 18 nov. 2024.
1. ✰ "Without a lantern, however, he could see nothing: the sky was as black as a skillet." (Hollandsworth, 2016). (Sem uma lanterna, no entanto, ele não conseguia ver nada: o céu estava preto como um fundo de panela.)
2. ✰ "My hands and clothes were as black as a skillet, and I was only halfway through cleaning your garage!" (Black as). (Minhas mãos e roupas estavam encardidas, e eu tinha feito somente a metade da limpeza da sua garagem!)
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1. AS BLACK AS a skillet. In: Color Idioms and Quizzes: Color Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/p2ou3. Acesso em: 8 abr. 2022.
2. BLACK AS a skillet. Colour Idioms. StudyPool.com. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvvv. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
3. HOLLANDSWORTH, Skip. How Police Failed to Find America's First Serial Killer. Esquire, 5 abr. 2016. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvvy. Acesso em: 8 abr. 2022.
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