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Portuguese term or phrase:
“pouca farinha, meu pirão primeiro”
English translation:
everyman for himself...the devil take the hindmost
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Bett
May 5, 2008 16:11
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Portuguese term
“pouca farinha, meu pirão primeiro”
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He means that when there is not enough clients in a market cooperativism might not work, because everyone is trying to get the few clients there are...
"... porque tem serviço suficiente para todo mundo. Isso não funcionaria se “pouca farinha, meu pirão primeiro”. Então quer dizer, não tem espaço para todo mundo, eu vou pegar e o outro que se dane. "
I need an equivalent idiom in English. Explanations just won't do...
thanks
"... porque tem serviço suficiente para todo mundo. Isso não funcionaria se “pouca farinha, meu pirão primeiro”. Então quer dizer, não tem espaço para todo mundo, eu vou pegar e o outro que se dane. "
I need an equivalent idiom in English. Explanations just won't do...
thanks
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May 6, 2008 13:37: Bett changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/109243">Bett's</a> old entry - "“pouca farinha, meu pirão primeiro”"" to ""everyman for himself...the devil take the hindmost""
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Edgar Potter
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everyman for himself...the devil take the hindmost
I can't think of an exact expression for "little flour"... but the two phrases together in idiomatic English could be something like:
"This wouldn't work in an "every-man-for-himself" situation. In other words, there's not enough room for everyone, so I'll grab what I can, and the devil take the hindmost."
"This wouldn't work in an "every-man-for-himself" situation. In other words, there's not enough room for everyone, so I'll grab what I can, and the devil take the hindmost."
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: Oh, spot on, Edgar - much better and more colloquial than mine.
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when the going gets tough, you have to look after Number 1
This is not actually a saying as such, but it contains elements of other sayings, and captures what you are looking for I think. "Number 1" of course means I/me (the first person).
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Every man for himself.
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