ser mais fácil uma cobra fumar do que
Portuguese
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The insignia of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force has a smoking snake, because it was said that “seria mais fácil uma cobra fumar do que o Brazil entrar na guerra” (it would be easier for a snake to smoke than for Brazil to enter the war).
Alternative forms
- ser mais fácil a cobra fumar que, ser mais fácil a cobra fumar do que
Etymology
Literally, “to be easier for a snake to smoke than […] ”.
Verb
ser mais fácil uma cobra fumar do que
- (dated, idiomatic, impersonal) indicates that something is extremely unlikely; when pigs fly; to find hen's teeth
Conjugation
See ser