brincar com fogo
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[edit]brincar com fogo (first-person singular present brinco com fogo, first-person singular preterite brinquei com fogo, past participle brincado com fogo) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- (idiomatic) to play with fire (put oneself in a precarious situation)
- 2014 August 1, Rachel Gibson, Maluca por você, Jardim dos Livros, →ISBN:
- Houve uma época em que ela gostava de brincar com fogo, mas agora era a mãe respeitável de um menino de dez anos.
- There was a time when she liked to play with fire, but now she was the respectable mother of a ten-year-old boy.