fazer das tripas coração

Portuguese

Literally, “to make a heart out of guts”. Compare Spanish hacer de tripas corazón.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈze(ʁ) das ˈtɾi.pɐs ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [faˈze(h) das ˈtɾi.pɐs ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /faˈze(ɾ) das ˈtɾi.pɐs ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [faˈze(ɾ) das ˈtɾi.pɐs ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /faˈze(ʁ) daʃ ˈtɾi.pɐʃ ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [faˈze(χ) daʃ ˈtɾi.pɐʃ ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /faˈze(ɻ) das ˈtɾi.pɐs ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [faˈze(ɻ) das ˈtɾi.pɐs ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈze(ʁ) das ˈtɾi.pas ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [faˈze(h) das ˈtɾi.pas ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈzeɾ dɐʃ ˈtɾi.pɐʃ ku.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [fɐˈzeɾ ðɐʃ ˈtɾi.pɐʃ ku.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈze.ɾi dɐʃ ˈtɾi.pɐʃ ku.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [fɐˈze.ɾi ðɐʃ ˈtɾi.pɐʃ ku.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

fazer das tripas coração (first-person singular present faço das tripas coração, first-person singular preterite fiz das tripas coração, past participle feito das tripas coração)

(idiomatic) to bend over backwards, to move heaven and earth (to make an enormous effort)