This document lists and defines 10 common Brazilian expressions that use numbers. The expressions include "zero à esquerda" meaning an unsuccessful person, "duas cabeças pensam melhor que uma" meaning two heads are better than one, and "171" which is slang referring to a dishonest person based on a section of the Brazilian Criminal Code.

1. 10 Brazilian Expressions With Numbers You Need to Know

2. Zero à esquerda
Literally: zero on the left
Meaning: unsuccessful person

3. Duas cabeças pensam melhor que uma
Two heads are better than one

4. Trocar seis por meia dúzia
Six of one and half a dozen of the other

5. Matar dois coelhos com uma cajadada só
Literally: kill two rabbits with one blow
Meaning: kill two birds with one stone

6. (Ser o/a) número um
The best, the number one

7. Ser 8 ou 80
Literally: to be 8 or 80
Meaning: black and white. Absolutely right or wrong, good or bad.

8. Um é pouco, dois é bom, três é demais
Two’s company, three’s a crowd

9. Aos quatro ventos
To be scattered to the four winds

10. Quando um não quer dois não brigam
Literally: when one doesn’t want two won’t argue
Meaning: it takes two to tango

11. 171
Slang associated with the 171 section of the Brazilian Criminal Code
which refers to fraud. It’s used to describe a dishonest person.