pimenta nos olhos dos outros é refresco

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Literally, [chili] pepper on others' eyes is a refreshment.

Proverb edit

pimenta nos olhos dos outros é refresco

  1. (Brazil) misfortunes seem more bearable when happening to others
  2. (Brazil) when something bad happens to others, it seems amusing to us; schadenfreude