(idiomatic, humorous) speak of the devil (expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive)

jewbush (Euphorbia tithymaloides, a low-growing tropical American shrub)

thorn apple (Datura stramonium, a toxic herb used in traditional medicine)

to make or cause a disorderly situation, ruckus, turmoil

let [someone] deal with their own problems

Alternative form of que o diabo carregue

if one does not engage in any mind-exercising activity, they will start to have bad thoughts

(idiomatic) great suffering or strife in one's life

(idiomatic) to face great difficulties or suffering in one's life, often to obtain something

(idiomatic, simile) to flee like a bat out of hell