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to read too much into things

Italian translation: attribuire troppi significati alle cose

19:41 Jul 4, 2009
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: to read too much into things
"Perhaps I am plagued with the typical writer's disease of reading too much into things".
Come si puo' tradurre questa espressione in italiano?
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Italian translation:attribuire troppi significati alle cose
Explanation:
da Babylon

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Note added at 6 giorni (2009-07-11 13:49:51 GMT) Post-grading
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grazie mille!
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Vincenzo Di Maso
Portugal
Local time: 03:42
Grading comment
Grazie.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8leggere troppo tra le righe
Antonella Mistretta
4 +1attribuire troppi significati alle cose
Vincenzo Di Maso
4analizzare troppo le cose /essere troppo analitici
Elena Zanetti
4vedere cose che non ci sono
Mariateresa Varbaro
4addentrarsi troppo nelle cose
Patrizia Costa


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
analizzare troppo le cose /essere troppo analitici


Explanation:
un suggerimento...

Elena Zanetti
Italy
Local time: 04:42
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Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 34
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
leggere troppo tra le righe


Explanation:
un'idea

Antonella Mistretta
Italy
Local time: 04:42
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Mio marito, che e' americano, dice che il significato non corrisponde a questo. Leggere troppo tra le righe corrisponde a Reading between the lines. Le altre risposte sono piu' corrette.


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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
vedere cose che non ci sono


Explanation:
Come dire, non vedere per forza altri significati e doppi fini.

Mariateresa Varbaro
Italy
Local time: 04:42
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
addentrarsi troppo nelle cose


Explanation:
anche così potrebbe:-)

Patrizia Costa
Local time: 04:42
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
attribuire troppi significati alle cose


Explanation:
da Babylon

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Note added at 6 giorni (2009-07-11 13:49:51 GMT) Post-grading
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grazie mille!

Vincenzo Di Maso
Portugal
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Grazie.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mariant: mi piace
3 days 14 hrs
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