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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. LIKE A BULL in a china shop. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/v42ik. Acesso em: 6 dez. 2022.
2. LIKE A BULL in a china shop. In: Google Translate. Mountain View, Califórnia: Google LLC, [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/resiq. Acesso em: 6 dez. 2022.
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1. LIKE A CAT on a hot tin roof. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/n73dl. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
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1. (be/feel) LIKE A FISH out of water. In: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. [S.l.]: Pearson Longman, 2021-2023. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/Q9rh. Acesso em: 21 fev. 2023.
2. LIKE A FISH out of water in a sentence. In: Sentence Dict, 23 jul. 2017. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/K9en. Acesso em: 21 fev. 2023.
3. PEIXE. In: AULETE, Francisco J. Caldas et al. Aulete Digital. Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital ltda., [2006?]. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/K9qq. Acesso em: 21 fev. 2023.
Veja também: a chip off the old block.
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1. LIKE FATHER, like son. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/FLae. Acesso em: 22 jan. 2023.
2. LIKE FATHER, like son. In: Google Translate. Mountain View, Califórnia: Google LLC, [s.d.]. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/ELpS. Acesso em: 22 jan. 2023.
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1. LIKE GETTING blood out of a stone. In: Body Idioms and Quizzes: Body Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3lop8BX. Acesso em: 4 ago. 2021.
2. McGREER, Fr. Re: David Simon/ Pogues Theatrical Project. Pogues.com. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3n0hNJE. Acesso em: 5 set. 2021.
Aparentemente, esta expressão é de origem bíblica (dos livros de Isaías e Jeremias) e também foi utilizada por Chaucer (Christine Ammer).
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1. LIKE LAMBS to the slaughter. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/hcu0i. Acesso em: 25 jul. 2023.
Veja também: a chip off the old block.
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1. LIKE MOTHER, like daughter. In: Wiktionary. São Francisco, Califórnia: Wikimedia Foundation. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/m1jwp. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2023.
2. LIKE MOTHER, like daughter. In: FLONTA, Teodor. A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs. [S.l.]: DeProverbio.com, 2012. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/lrd9t. Acesso em: 9 set. 2023.
3. PROVÉRBIOS Portugueses. In: Wikiquote. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/nti5c. Acesso em: 24 jan. 2023.
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1. ENGLISH with Karim. Getting the kids to do their homework is like pulling teeth. [S.l.], 18 mai. 2017. Facebook: English with Karim. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3lFah5S. Acesso em: 14 out. 2021.
2. LIKE PULLING teeth. In: Teeth Idioms and Quizzes: Teeth Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3BFVBZR. Acesso em: 14 out. 2021.
3. LIKE PULLING teeth. In: English-Spanish Dictionary. Vienna, Virgínia (EUA): WordReference.com LLC, [s.d.]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3lGXShK. Acesso em: 12 out. 2021.
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