despir um santo para vestir o outro robbing Peter to pay Paul
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| Language pair: | Portuguese to English |
| Discipline: | Idioms / Maxims / Sayings |
| Definition / notes: | \"To rob Peter to pay Paul\", or \"to borrow from Peter to pay Paul\", and \"to unclothe Peter to clothe Paul\": to take from one person or thing to give to another, especially when it results in the elimination of one debt by incurring another. Também \"cobre a cabeça, aparece o pé!\" |
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