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eat one's hat (to express disbelief about a proposition)
verb

comer o chapéuverb

dar a mão à palmatóriaverb

querer ser mico de circoverb

eat one's heart out (feel overwhelming negative emotion)
verb
[UK: iːt wʌnz hɑːt ˈaʊt]
[US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈhɑːrt ˈaʊt]

morrer de invejaverb

eat out of someone's hand (to be submissive due to fascination)
verb

comer nas mãos de alguémverb

fly by the seat of one's pants (to improvise a course of action)
verb

fazer com a cara e a coragemverb

fazer de improvisoverb

fazer o que dá na cabeçaverb

improvisarverb

fly by the seat of one's pants (to pilot an aircraft using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment)
verb

pilotar sem a ajuda de aparelhosverb

realizar um voo cegoverb

from the bottom of one's heart (in earnest, with one's full feelings)
preposition
[UK: frəm ðə ˈbɒ.təm əv wʌnz hɑːt]
[US: frəm ðə ˈbɑː.təm əv wʌnz ˈhɑːrt]

do fundo do coraçãopreposition

get on someone's nerves (annoy or irritate)
verb
[UK: ˈɡet ɒn ˈsəˌm.wənz nɜːvz]
[US: ˈɡet ɑːn ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈnɝːvz]

dar nos nervosverb

get one's ass in gear (to exert effective effort)
verb

mexer-severb

give one's all (make the utmost effort)
verb

dar o seu melhorverb

dar tudo de siverb

grit one's teeth (clench one's teeth together)
verb

ranger os dentesverb

have a mind of one's own verb

pensar por si mesmoverb

ter opinião própriaverb

have blood on one's hands (be responsible for a violent act)
verb

ter sangue nas mãosverb

have butterflies in one's stomach (be nervous)
verb
[UK: həv ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək]
[US: həv ˈbʌt.r̩.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək]

estar comverb

frio na barrigaverb

terverb

have eyes bigger than one's stomach (take more food than one can eat)
verb

ter mais olhos que barrigaverb

ter os olhos maiores que a bocaverb

have one's cake and eat it too (to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible)
verb

querer sol na eira e chuva no nabalverb

ter sol na eira e chuva no nabalverb

have one's hands full (be busy or thoroughly preoccupied)
verb
[UK: həv wʌnz hændz fʊl]
[US: həv wʌnz ˈhændz ˈfʊl]

estar de mãos cheiasverb

hold one's breath (to hold one's breath)
verb
[UK: həʊld wʌnz breθ]
[US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈbreθ]

prender a respiraçãoverb

hold one's head high (act with pride)
verb
[UK: həʊld wʌnz hed haɪ]
[US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈhed ˈhaɪ]

manter a cabeça erguidaverb

hold one's horses (idiomatic: to be patient)
verb
[UK: həʊld wʌnz ˈhɔː.sɪz]
[US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈhɔːr.səz]

aguentar os cavalosverb

hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up)
verb
[UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ]
[US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ]

morder a línguaverb

in one's own right (as a consequence of one's own skill, qualification or state)
preposition
[UK: ɪn wʌnz əʊn raɪt]
[US: ɪn wʌnz ˈoʊn ˈraɪt]

por si sópreposition

keep one's cool (to remain composed, calm)
verb

manter a calmaverb

manter o sangue frioverb

know like the back of one's hand (be intimately knowledgable about)
verb
[UK: nəʊ ˈlaɪk ðə ˈbæk əv wʌnz hænd]
[US: ˈnoʊ ˈlaɪk ðə ˈbæk əv wʌnz ˈhænd]

conhecer como a palma da mãoverb

laugh one's head off (laugh uproariously)
verb
[UK: lɑːf wʌnz hed ɒf]
[US: ˈlæf wʌnz ˈhed ˈɒf]

morrer de rirverb

lose one's cool (to lose one's temper)
verb
[UK: luːz wʌnz kuːl]
[US: ˈluːz wʌnz ˈkuːl]

passar-se dos carretosverb

perder a cabeçaverb

perder o sangue frioverb

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