Alternative form of pagar pau

(Portugal, colloquial) to fall

(idiomatic) by a whisker; by a hair's breadth; by the skin of one's teeth (by a narrow margin)

(Brazil, idiomatic, slang) to behave sneakily, as if one was unfamiliar with a given situation, in order to get away with it

every storyteller adds a little detail to the story

(idiomatic) a little bird told me (I received the information from a confidential source)

(simile) pissed as a newt (extremely drunk)

(idiomatic) to be worthless; to be without use or value

(idiomatic) many, in quick succession

feminine plural of bêbado como um gambá