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--- idiom:it-en [2013/07/20 22:44] – [A] xmau
+++ idiom:it-en [2013/09/11 19:55] – [P] xmau
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 ^acqua^
-**fare acqua**\\ :!: to hold no wate
+**fare acqua**\\ :!: to hold no water
+^alternativa^
+**non c'è alternativa**\\ :!: There are no two ways about it
 ^armi^
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 **unire al danno la beffa**\\ :!: to add insult to injury
+^bene^
+**nel bene e nel male**\\ :!: for better or for worse
+^brodo^
+**per lui, tutto fa brodo**\\ :!: it's all grist to his mill
 ^buttare^
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 **Andrà bene alla casalinga di Voghera?**\\ :!: Will it play in Peoria?
+^chilo^
+**un tanto al chilo**\\ :!: a dime a dozen
 ^ciurlare^
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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).
+^conto^
+**chiudere i conti**\\ :!: to close the books
 ===== F =====
+^fare^
+**avere a che fare con**\\ :!: to have truck with
 ^fiasco^
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 ===== M =====
+^manica^
+**un altro paio di maniche**\\ :!: a different kettle of fish
 ^mina^
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 **mina vagante**\\ :!: loose cannon
+===== N =====
+^noioso^
+**mortalmente noioso**\\ :!: dull as dishwater
+===== P =====
+^pane^
+**dire pane al pane**:\\ :!: to call a spade a spade
+^punto^
+**capire il punto di vista**\\ :*: to catch one's drift
 ===== Q =====
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 ===== S =====
-^sodo
+^sodo^
 **venire al sodo**\\ :!: get down to brass tacks
+^sole^
+**chiaro come il sole**\\ :!: clear as a bell
 ^succo^