Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
morreu no Brás
English translation:
died in the gutter
Added to glossary by
Paul Dixon
Jul 18, 2004 19:22
19 yrs ago
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One of my students asked for a translation of this phrase into English, but to be honest I had never heard the phrase before. From what I can gather, this would be something like "to die penniless", as Brás is a working-class suburb of São Paulo. Am I right?
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| 4 +1 | died in the gutter |
CarolynB
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Portuguese term (edited):
morreu no Br�s
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died in the gutter
taken from Bob Dylan:
Bob Dylan: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
... ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin', Heard one person starve, I heard many
people laughin', Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter, Heard the ...
bobdylan.com/songs/hardrain.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
Bob Dylan: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
... ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin', Heard one person starve, I heard many
people laughin', Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter, Heard the ...
bobdylan.com/songs/hardrain.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
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Comment: "Thanks, more or less what I had in mind, as if you die in the gutter you are poor and forgotten. The Web reference is useful too. Thanks so much!"
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