estar com água na boca
Meaning: Feel eager anticipation or desire, especially for food or something pleasant.
Language: Portuguese
Literally: to have water in the mouth
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Natural physiological response of salivation when anticipating eating, universally recognizable in Portuguese culture.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Bir fincan kahvenin kırk yıl hatırı vardır — Sharing coffee creates lasting bonds and social connections that endure for decades.
- أكل العيش والملح مع شخص — Shared intimate bond or deep friendship forged through shared hardship and simple living…
- take the biscuit — to be the most outrageous or remarkable thing; to win or excel.
- give someone the cold shoulder — to deliberately treat someone with indifference or ignore them.
- spill the tea — to reveal gossip or scandalous information.
- not worth your salt — incompetent; not deserving of wages or respect.
More Portuguese idioms
- Viajar na maionese — To talk nonsense or drift off into your own dream world.
- Chutar o balde — To stop caring and let everything go — unlike the English, nobody dies.
- Enfiar o pé na jaca — To overdo it wildly, especially with food or drink.
- Pisar na bola — To mess up or let someone down.
- Encher linguiça — To pad something out with filler to take up space or time.
- Nem que a vaca tussa — No way; under no circumstances.
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