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questa circostanza ci ha messo la cosiddetta "pulce nell'orecchio"

English translation: this circumstance aroused our suspicions/doubts

12:50 May 7, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Computers (general)
Italian term or phrase: questa circostanza ci ha messo la cosiddetta "pulce nell'orecchio"
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English translation:this circumstance aroused our suspicions/doubts
Explanation:
non credo che si possa lasciare il modo di dire italiano "pulce nell'orecchio" (che in inglese si traduce come ti ho suggerito, eliminando quindi qualsiasi senso metaforico). al massimo si potrebbe trovare un'espressione simile come significato che magari possa essere maggiormente d'effetto....mmm...in questo momento non mi viene in mente....ci penso su.
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Marika Costantini
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Local time: 23:24
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2this circumstance aroused our suspicions/doubts
Marika Costantini
4this event put a bug in our ear
Monica Bacchieri
3this (whatever it is) "tipped us the wink" so to speak
polyglot45
3this event made him/her suspect something
Elisa El Shimy


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
this (whatever it is) "tipped us the wink" so to speak


Explanation:
got us thinking


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Note added at 7 mins (2009-05-07 12:58:19 GMT)
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I used (whatever it is) becuase to choose the right noun, I would need to know what goes before - this state of affairs, this news, this development.... or just - it was this that tipped us the wink

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Note added at 8 mins (2009-05-07 12:58:42 GMT)
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polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
this circumstance aroused our suspicions/doubts


Explanation:
non credo che si possa lasciare il modo di dire italiano "pulce nell'orecchio" (che in inglese si traduce come ti ho suggerito, eliminando quindi qualsiasi senso metaforico). al massimo si potrebbe trovare un'espressione simile come significato che magari possa essere maggiormente d'effetto....mmm...in questo momento non mi viene in mente....ci penso su.

Marika Costantini
Italy
Local time: 23:24
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Donna Lynne Galletta: I agree with this translation however you might also say this circumstance sowed doubts in our minds...
28 mins
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agree  Kristina Pliuskyte
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
this event made him/her suspect something


Explanation:
"mettere la pulce nell'orecchio" significa insinuare un sospetto, che una volta che è stato suscitato continua fastidiosamente a disturbare la pace della persona, proprio come se una pulce gli fosse entrata nel padiglione auricolare"

Elisa El Shimy
Local time: 23:24
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
this event put a bug in our ear


Explanation:
Give someone a hint about something


    Reference: http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/put+a+bug+in+yo...
Monica Bacchieri
United States
Local time: 17:24
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
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