Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
tutti i nodi vengono al pettine
English translation:
all the chickens come home to roost
Added to glossary by
AlessiaBeneg
Dec 22, 2009 16:22
14 yrs ago
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Italian term
Dedication and sensibility
Native in: Italian 
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian, French to Italian, and 1 more.
tutti i nodi vengono al pettine
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
C'è qualcosa in inglese che mantenga il "pettine" nella traduzione?Grazie!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | all the chickens come home to roost |
Tom in London
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| 5 | Proverb |
Mauro Strozzi
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| 3 | Your sins will find you out |
Giuseppe Bellone
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Proposed translations
+6
8 mins
Tom in London
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
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all the chickens come home to roost
unsatisfactory I know, but I've never found a good English equivalent to the excellent Italian, which I always have to explain to people in the UK.....
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Note added at 16 mins (2009-12-22 16:39:39 GMT)
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the Italian idiom is not about misdeeds catching up with us. It's about problems that had been put to one side, until finally they can no longer be put to one side.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-12-22 21:14:40 GMT)
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"All the knots come to the comb" means nothing to an English-speaker.
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Note added at 16 mins (2009-12-22 16:39:39 GMT)
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the Italian idiom is not about misdeeds catching up with us. It's about problems that had been put to one side, until finally they can no longer be put to one side.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-12-22 21:14:40 GMT)
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"All the knots come to the comb" means nothing to an English-speaker.
Note from asker:
| Thank you very much |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Paul O'Brien
12 mins
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Thanks Mr P
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Jim Tucker (X)
: 2 variants more familiar to me: the chickens all come home to roost / the chickens always come home to roost
2 hrs
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| agree |
Nora Mahony
2 hrs
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| agree |
Marcello Joseph SPADA
3 hrs
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| agree |
James (Jim) Davis
15 hrs
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| agree |
Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni
: Precisamente! :)
10 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for your answer!I couldn't use the metaphor of the comb but I used the structure of the proverb you kindly suggested!Hopefully this will somehow convey the feeling of the sentence! "
4 hrs
Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Italy
Anything worth doing is worth doing well
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian
Your sins will find you out
Or also:
"Truth will out".
That's what I've found.:)
"Truth will out".
That's what I've found.:)
341 days
Proverb
yes it's no big deal,
all the answers provided are good and i cue other few ones:
-the day of reconing will come
-the truth will always come out
but in colloquial speaking i always prefer the notorious:
- what goes around comes around
- it all comes out in the wash
Regards,
Mauro
all the answers provided are good and i cue other few ones:
-the day of reconing will come
-the truth will always come out
but in colloquial speaking i always prefer the notorious:
- what goes around comes around
- it all comes out in the wash
Regards,
Mauro
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