ombro a ombro
Meaning: On equal terms, standing together as peers.
Language: Portuguese
Literally: shoulder to shoulder
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: The image is physical: two people standing side by side with shoulders aligned, neither higher nor lower than the other.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- morrer de rir — To laugh very hard or uproariously.
- nu e cru — To speak with brutal, unvarnished honesty, holding nothing back.
- na ponta da língua — To have something in one's mind but be unable to recall or express it completely.
- dar um tiro no pé — To harm oneself through one's own actions; to undermine one's own interests.
- uit de voeten maken — to flee or scram hastily.
- met de nek aankijken — to regard someone with scorn or disdain; to look down on.
More Portuguese idioms
- do dia para a noite — Very suddenly or extremely quickly.
- vaca sagrada — Something so valued or protected that it cannot be criticized, changed, or harmed.
- descer a lenha — To harshly criticize or scold someone severely.
- altura do campeonato — at a critical or decisive moment in an event or competition.
- pegar o jeito — to learn how to do something; to acquire skill or proficiency.
- dar-se conta — to realize or come to understand something.