to make a complete change, a total 180
Ele era briguento e bêbado, agora mudou da água para o vinho, é um excelente pai.
He was quarrelsome and drunk, now he made a complete change, he is an excellent father.
The expression has biblical roots: it alludes to Jesus’s first miracle at the wedding in Cana, Galilee, when the wine ran out and he turned water into wine (John, chapter 2). In this image, wine represents something finer than water.
Source: Escrivinhos; VEJA — Sérgio Rodrigues.
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