salve-se quem puder

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === salve-se-quem-puder (pre-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Literally, “whoever can save themselves, do so”, or more loosely translated as “save yourself if you can”. === Noun === salve-se quem puder m (invariable) (idiomatic) an extremely chaotic situation === Phrase === salve-se quem puder! run for your lives! === Further reading === “salve-se quem puder”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “salve-se quem puder”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026