Usage examples of "unhas" in Portuguese with translation to English

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Maria está fazendo as unhas. Mary is getting her nails done.
É tão bom quando você passa as unhas nas minhas costas. It feels so good when you run your fingernails over my back.
Esmalte é inútil: ninguém olha para unhas mesmo. Nail polish is useless: no one looks at nails anyway.
Eu não consigo cortar minhas unhas e passar roupa ao mesmo tempo! I can't cut my nails and do the ironing at the same time!
"Não posso unhar meu dono", disse o gato. "I cannot claw my owner", said the cat.
"É a primeira vez que eu unho o meu dono", disse o gato. "It's the first time I claw my owner", said the cat.
Cara de beato, unhas de gato Beads about the neck, and the devil in the heart
Pelas unhas se conhece o leão You may know the lion by his clow
Unhas de gato, e hábito de beato The cross on the breast, and the devil in the heart
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