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Meaning: To pad something out with filler to take up space or time.
Language: Portuguese
Literally: To stuff sausage
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Sausage-makers bulk out the casing with scraps; Brazilians borrowed it for writing or talk padded with useless filler.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Met de neus in de boter vallen — To arrive at exactly the right, lucky moment.
- 미역국을 먹다 (Miyeokgugeul meokda) — To fail an exam.
- Lägga rabarber på något — To claim or grab something for yourself.
- Nu har du satt din sista potatis — You've done your last misdeed; you're finished.
- Bułka z masłem — Something very easy; a piece of cake.
- Se faire rouler dans la farine — To be conned or deceived.
More Portuguese idioms
- Nem que a vaca tussa — No way; under no circumstances.
- Tirar o cavalo da chuva — To give up on an expectation.
- Pagar mico — To embarrass yourself publicly.
- Procurar pelo em ovo — To nitpick over nothing.
- Ficar a ver navios — To be left disappointed and empty-handed.
- Onde Judas perdeu as botas — In the middle of nowhere; the back of beyond.
From our proverbs
- Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy. — Let your purse, not your wishes, decide what you can buy.
- The ass that brays most, eats least. — The one who brays loudest often gets the smallest share.
- Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses. — Even fools fancy themselves fit to stand among their betters.