Thursday 15 October 2015

Brazilian Colloquialisms, Sayings, and Slang #91

Doença de primeiro mundo - [The] First World Disease

Literally, “illness/disease of [the] First World”

Allergies.

Very few people in Third World countries have allergies, because 99% of the time they allergies are caused by people living in over-sanitized environments (which then causes the body to start attacking itself, as it produces white blood cells no matter the environment you’re in, and they need something to fight).

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