encontro às cegas
Meaning: A romantic meeting between two people who have never met before.
Language: Portuguese
Literally: meeting in the blind
Category: Daily Life
Origin: A direct calque from English 'blind date,' referring to the blindness or lack of prior knowledge each person has about the other.
More idioms — Daily Life
- ao fim e ao cabo — After everything is considered; ultimately; in the final analysis.
- sujo falando do mal lavado — Hypocritical criticism from someone guilty of the same fault being criticized.
- pôr os pontos nos is — To clarify a matter by spelling out details explicitly.
- hoe de vork in de steel zit — to understand the real situation or hidden mechanics of something.
- over de brug komen — to hand over money or pay what is owed.
- van de oude stempel — old-fashioned or adhering to outdated styles and ways of thinking.
More Portuguese idioms
- na ponta da língua — To have something in one's mind but be unable to recall or express it completely.
- fazer uma tempestade num copo de água — To make an excessive fuss over something trivial.
- dar um tiro no pé — To harm oneself through one's own actions; to undermine one's own interests.
- Engolir sapos — To put up with unpleasant things without complaining.
- Pagar o pato — To take the blame for something you didn't do.
- Descascar o abacaxi — To solve a very difficult, thorny problem.
From our compliments & insults
- És uma joia — You're a gem — a precious, lovely person.
- Cabeça de alho chocho — A forgetful scatterbrain whose thoughts won't stay put.
- Você é um amor — You're a sweetheart — warm, caring, and impossible not to like.