pimenta nos olhos dos outros é refresco

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Proverb

pimenta nos olhos dos outros é refresco (Brazil)

  1. misfortunes seem more bearable when happening to others
  2. when something bad happens to others, it seems amusing to us; schadenfreude
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