comer o pão que o diabo amassou

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Etymology[edit]

Literally, to eat the bread that the devil smashed.

Verb[edit]

comer o pão que o diabo amassou (first-person singular present como o pão que o diabo amassou, first-person singular preterite comi o pão que o diabo amassou, past participle comido o pão que o diabo amassou)

  1. (idiomatic) to face great difficulties or suffering in one's life, often to obtain something

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