Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
de pequenino (é que) se torce o pepino
English translation:
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
Added to glossary by
Sormane Gomes
Feb 15, 2005 20:23
19 yrs ago
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"como e' de menino que se torce o pepino"........
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expressao que nunca ouvi falar. Nao ha' mais contexto a nao ser no sentido de endoutrinar jovens a pensar e agir de acordo com uma tradicao. Aceito sugestoes :)
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Sormane Gomes
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
My suggestion.
...There is a well known saying that as the twig is bent, so grows the tree. What is true of plants is also true of people. The poet Wordsworth said, "The child is father of the man." He meant, of course, that our behavior and beliefs as adults are, to a large extent, determined by what happens to us when we are growing up.
http://64.233.161.104/search?
Patient Media | Family Brochure
... cone pine tree Caption: "As the twig is bent, so grows the tree." Detecting and correcting childhood problems can help avoid problems later as an adult. ...
www.patientmedia.com/previewproducts/ brochures/know/family.htm - 29k q=cache:Eriwmggl7b8J:www.nfb.org/books/books1/kj13.htm As the twig is bent, so g...
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Evidence suggests that the maxim \"as the twig is bent, so grows the tree,\" applies to civic engagement. One’s life-long propensity to engage civicly is generally forged in the coming-of-age years, even though the levels of engagement tend to rise over the life cycle for any given cohort. http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:LC7sFq0keaQJ:www.ksg.ha...
Whole Earth Review: For your own good. - book reviews
... Get started now. (It\'s free.). For Your Own Good. As the twig is bent, so grow the tree. A brutalized child will grow up to brutalize his own children. ...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_m1510/is_1987_Fall/ai_5185058 - 20k
... PRE SCHOOL TEACHERS In the words of the proverb, as the twig is bent, so grows the tree. ... that of the parents--in shaping the kind of adult a child will become. ...
static.highbeam.com/o/ occupationaloutlookquarterly/june221987/preschoolteachers/ - 16k
...There is a well known saying that as the twig is bent, so grows the tree. What is true of plants is also true of people. The poet Wordsworth said, "The child is father of the man." He meant, of course, that our behavior and beliefs as adults are, to a large extent, determined by what happens to us when we are growing up.
http://64.233.161.104/search?
Patient Media | Family Brochure
... cone pine tree Caption: "As the twig is bent, so grows the tree." Detecting and correcting childhood problems can help avoid problems later as an adult. ...
www.patientmedia.com/previewproducts/ brochures/know/family.htm - 29k q=cache:Eriwmggl7b8J:www.nfb.org/books/books1/kj13.htm As the twig is bent, so g...
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Note added at 1 hr 56 mins (2005-02-15 22:20:26 GMT)
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Evidence suggests that the maxim \"as the twig is bent, so grows the tree,\" applies to civic engagement. One’s life-long propensity to engage civicly is generally forged in the coming-of-age years, even though the levels of engagement tend to rise over the life cycle for any given cohort. http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:LC7sFq0keaQJ:www.ksg.ha...
Whole Earth Review: For your own good. - book reviews
... Get started now. (It\'s free.). For Your Own Good. As the twig is bent, so grow the tree. A brutalized child will grow up to brutalize his own children. ...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_m1510/is_1987_Fall/ai_5185058 - 20k
... PRE SCHOOL TEACHERS In the words of the proverb, as the twig is bent, so grows the tree. ... that of the parents--in shaping the kind of adult a child will become. ...
static.highbeam.com/o/ occupationaloutlookquarterly/june221987/preschoolteachers/ - 16k
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Nesrin
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Jorge Rodrigues
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Henrique Magalhaes
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Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "That fits the bill. Thanks Sormane. Good suggestion. The branch sounded just as well, but the original seems to be with twig. Thanks to all for the effort."
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"learn best who learn since childhood"
:) Fiz o melhor que pude, agitei os neurônios
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Habits/ skills/ rules learned in childhood will last a lifetime
Not exactly a proverbial expression, but I think that's how you could express it in English.
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"as the branch is bent, so grows the tree"
This would be a stock phrase in line with teaching youth.
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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Portuguese term (edited):
� de menino que se torce o pepino
Twist the wand while it is green
Youth and white paper take any impression.
As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined. (a variation on the answer which I particularly like)
I know the answer has been chosen already - this is just for the record and because I can't love proverbs :-)
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...because I love proverbs -
is what I meant :-|
As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined. (a variation on the answer which I particularly like)
I know the answer has been chosen already - this is just for the record and because I can't love proverbs :-)
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...because I love proverbs -
is what I meant :-|
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