Quem não arrisca não petisca

Meaning: If you don't take risks, you won't gain anything.

Literally: Whoever doesn't risk doesn't snack

Example: “Candidata-te à bolsa! Quem não arrisca não petisca.” — Apply for the scholarship! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and 5 more languages

English: Nothing ventured, nothing gained
French: Qui ne risque rien n'a rien (literally: Who risks nothing has nothing)
Spanish: Quien no arriesga, no gana (literally: Who doesn't risk, doesn't win)
Japanese: 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず (Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu) (literally: Without entering the tiger's den, you cannot get the tiger's cub)
German: Wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt (literally: He who does not dare does not win)
Italian: Chi non risica non rosica (literally: Whoever doesn't risk doesn't nibble)
Dutch: Wie niet waagt, wie niet wint (literally: Who doesn't dare doesn't win)
Chinese: 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 (Bú rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ) (literally: If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get its cub?)
Korean: 호랑이 굴에 가야 호랑이 새끼를 잡는다 (Horangi gure gaya horangi saekkireul jamneunda) (literally: You must go into the tiger's den to catch the tiger cub)
Turkish: Korkak bezirgân ne kâr eder ne zarar (literally: A timid merchant makes neither profit nor loss)

Origin: The rhyme of arrisca and petisca (to nibble, to snack) does the work, like Italian chi non risica non rosica.

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Você tem muita garra You have fierce, relentless determination — you claw your way through any obstacle.
És uma joia You're a gem — a precious, lovely person.
Cabeça de alho chocho A forgetful scatterbrain whose thoughts won't stay put.

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