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Italian Idioms

Italian Idioms, with idiom, and notes.

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ID Idiom Notes
1004 a mali estremi, estremi rimedi
1003 b1uono come il pane good like bread; for example, someone is good like bread
1006 conosco i miei polli I know my chicken; knowing something or someone very well and what they may do
1002 costa un'occhio della testa an eye off of the head, translates to " costs an arm and a leg"
1009 hai voluto la bicicletta? allora, pedala! You wanted a bike? So now, pedal! Be careful what they wish for
1001 in bocca al lupo in the mouth of the wolf, which translates as "good luck"
1007 non avere peli sulla lingua yo not have hair on one's tongue: said about people who don’t beat around the bush and always say exactly what they mean
1010 pane al pane e vino al vino to see, and say, things as they are
1005 perdersi in un bicchier d'acqua “to lose yourself in a glass of water; make a mountain out of a molehill
1008 tra l’incudine e il martello between a rock and a hard place

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