Jгў Foi P'ro Brejo | A Vaca

: When a plan or a relationship is beyond saving.

The writer and humorist also used this expression as the title of his famous book, The Cow Went to the Swamp / A Vaca Foi Pro Brejo . A vaca jГЎ foi p'ro brejo

While it is most famously known today as a classic pagode or moda de viola song by , the idiom has roots in rural life and a specific cultural history: 1. The Rural Origin : When a plan or a relationship is beyond saving

The expression was immortalized in Brazilian culture by the 1970s song composed by Lourival dos Santos, Tião Carreiro, and Vicente P. Machado. and Vicente P. Machado.