comer o pão que o diabo amassou

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, to eat the bread that the devil kneaded.

Verb

comer o pão que o diabo amassou (first-person singular present como o pão que o diabo amassou, first-person singular preterite comi o pão que o diabo amassou, past participle comido o pão que o diabo amassou)

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

Conjugation