a carne é fraca

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a passage in Matthew 26:41: “na verdade, o espírito está pronto, mas a carne é fraca” (“the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak”).

Proverb[edit]

a carne é fraca

  1. the flesh is weak (people are unable to completely refrain from sinning)