se melhorar, estraga

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Literally, if it improves, it gets spoiled.

Phrase edit

se melhorar, estraga

  1. (idiomatic) said of something that is very good, to a point that (literally or figuratively) it can't be improved further

Quotations edit

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