cortar o mal pela raiz
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to cut the evil by the root”.
Verb edit
cortar o mal pela raiz (first-person singular present corto o mal pela raiz, first-person singular preterite cortei o mal pela raiz, past participle cortado o mal pela raiz)
- (idiomatic) to attack or destroy what is causing a problem rather than the problem itself
- (idiomatic) to attack or destroy the nucleus of a problem
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.