às mil maravilhas
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “at the thousand wonders”.
Adverb
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]Often used sarcastically to describe one's false or delusional thoughts about the state of a situation, like in Pensava que tudo estava às mil maravilhas, mas não - He thought that everything was going quite well, but it wasn't.