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 ^acqua^ ^acqua^
  
-**fare acqua**\\ :!: to hold no wate+**fare acqua**\\ :!: to hold no water 
 + 
 +^alternativa^ 
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 +**non c'è alternativa**\\ :!: There are no two ways about it
  
 ^armi^ ^armi^
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 **nel bene e nel male**\\ :!: for better or for worse **nel bene e nel male**\\ :!: for better or for worse
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 +^brodo^
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 +**per lui, tutto fa brodo**\\ :!: it's all grist to his mill
  
 ^buttare^ ^buttare^
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 **ciurlare nel manico**\\ to wriggle out of a promise (to avoid a commitment or a promise by means of delays, excuses, or indecisions). **ciurlare nel manico**\\ to wriggle out of a promise (to avoid a commitment or a promise by means of delays, excuses, or indecisions).
  
 +^conto^
 +
 +**chiudere i conti**\\ :!: to close the books
 ===== F ===== ===== F =====
 +
 +^fare^
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 +**avere a che fare con**\\ :!: to have truck with
  
 ^fiasco^ ^fiasco^
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 **mina vagante**\\ :!: loose cannon **mina vagante**\\ :!: loose cannon
  
 +===== N =====
 +^noioso^
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 +**mortalmente noioso**\\ :!: dull as dishwater
 +===== P =====
 +
 +^pane^
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 +**dire pane al pane**:\\ :!: to call a spade a spade
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 +^punto^
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 +**capire il punto di vista**\\ :*: to catch one's drift
 ===== Q ===== ===== Q =====
  
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 ===== S ===== ===== S =====
  
-^sodo+^sodo^
 **venire al sodo**\\ :!: get down to brass tacks **venire al sodo**\\ :!: get down to brass tacks
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 +^sole^
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 +**chiaro come il sole**\\ :!: clear as a bell
  
 ^succo^ ^succo^
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 ===== T ===== ===== T =====
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 +^tasca^
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 +**conoscere come le proprie tasche**\\ :!: to know like the back of one's hand
  
 ^tiro^ ^tiro^
idiom/it-en.1374775120.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/07/25 19:58 by xmau