pimenta nos olhos dos outros é refresco

Portuguese

Alternative forms

pimenta no cu dos outros é refresco (vulgar)
pimenta no dos outros é refresco (euphemistic)

Etymology

Literally, “[chili] pepper on others' eyes is a refreshment”.

Proverb

pimenta nos olhos dos outros é refresco

(Brazil) misfortunes seem more bearable when happening to others
(Brazil) when something bad happens to others, it seems amusing to us; schadenfreude

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