April showers bring May flowers, Flinch

Flinch:  recuo, desistência, vacilação, perplexidade recuar, retroceder, ceder terreno, hesitar, vacilar, desistir de, desviar-se, esquivar-se, fugir (de algum trabalho, perigo, compromisso

Synonyms: blench, cringe, quail, recoil, shrink, wince

“He flinched when I tapped him on the shoulder.”

“She met danger without flinching.”

“The bill was much higher than expected, but he paid it without flinching.”    (www.merriam-webster.com)

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"April showers bring May flowers":  uma lembrança de que coisas desagradáveis podem, afinal, trazer coisas boas, ou seja a chuva “chata” de  abril é a razão pela qual as flores de maio acabam vindo

Child: I hate all this rain. Why does it have to rain?

 Mother: April showers bring May flowers. Although it was a dreary, rainy day, we felt cheerful, since April showers bring May flowers.

(www.thefreedictionary.com)

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