lay into each other

Italian translation: attaccarsi con violenza/accapigliarsi

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English term or phrase:lay into each other
Italian translation:attaccarsi con violenza/accapigliarsi
Entered by: Serena Tutino

19:31 May 27, 2009
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Psychology / Saggio
English term or phrase: lay into each other
By using words such as embracing which got out of hand, it choosing words which make violence into a mutual action ("we laid into each other") it becomes less of a problem when it is something both parties are responsible for.

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Serena Tutino
Italy
Local time: 20:27
attaccarsi con violenza/accapigliarsi
Explanation:
definizione di lay into da "Oxford Dictionary of current idiomatic English:
(informal) attack violently (with one's fists or verbally), lam into. Ex:I saw Jones lay into a man twice his size.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-05-27 21:45:47 GMT)
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quite violent, indeed!
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Maria Vita Licata
Local time: 20:27
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come avevo intuito...grazie!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2attaccarsi con violenza/accapigliarsi
Maria Vita Licata
4ci siamo avvinghiati
Valentina Viganò
3 -1farsi l'amore (l'uno con l'altra)
Pompeo Lattanzi


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
farsi l'amore (l'uno con l'altra)


Explanation:
Con un pò di creatività, ma neanche troppa perchè "lay" non richiama alla mente la "violenza", quanto l'atto sessuale.

Pompeo Lattanzi
Italy
Local time: 20:27
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Oliver Lawrence: doesn't mean this at all, here it means fighting
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
attaccarsi con violenza/accapigliarsi


Explanation:
definizione di lay into da "Oxford Dictionary of current idiomatic English:
(informal) attack violently (with one's fists or verbally), lam into. Ex:I saw Jones lay into a man twice his size.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-05-27 21:45:47 GMT)
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quite violent, indeed!

Maria Vita Licata
Local time: 20:27
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
come avevo intuito...grazie!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ada Gianfreda: visto il significato di lay into, anch'io avevo pensato a qualcosa di più violento...
15 mins

agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: è anche nel dizionario - attaccarsi violentemente fisicamente o con parole.
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ci siamo avvinghiati


Explanation:
secondo me rende meglio l'idea.

Valentina Viganò
Italy
Local time: 20:27
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