con il mio piatto

English translation: on my own patch

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Italian term or phrase:	con il mio piatto
English translation:	on my own patch
Entered by:	Lara Barnett

16:07 Oct 13, 2017

Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: con il mio piatto

This comic book writer, whose comic strip has started to become very succesful, has just been recounting about how a fan approached him at a comics fair and told him how senseless his life would be without the comic story.

"...olete sapere un segreto? Io odio [comic strip name]. No, non è che sputo nel piatto dove mangio, per carità, è solo che…insomma, potrò farci quello che mi pare con il mio piatto? Ma questo è un altro discorso. Dove eravamo rimasti?"

I can see he is saying he knows that he can do what he likes with his how fate/success etc., but I cannot find an accurate way to wrap this up into a compact colloquial-type dialogue.

Lara Barnett KudoZ activity Questions: 2102 (8 open) (12 without valid answers) (216 closed without grading) Answers: 1884 United Kingdom
Local time: 07:13

on my own patch

Explanation:
surely I can do as I like on my own patch?

Maybe not quite as emphatic as Patrick's suggestion, but depends how far you can go.

Selected response from:

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 08:13

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3 +2

on my own patch

Wendy Streitparth

3 +1

I can sh*t where I want

Patrick Hopkins

Discussion entries: 2

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

I can sh*t where I want

Explanation:
Excuse the vulgarity everybody, but this would be about as colloquial as you can get. And the sense is the same. Translation:

No, it's not that I'm sh*tting where I'm eating ... but I can sh*t where I want, no?

I found a link of less vulgar alternatives, but I haven't heard them as much as I've hear this one.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-5295...

Patrick Hopkins
Italy
Local time: 08:13
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 82

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you.

15 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

on my own patch

Explanation:
surely I can do as I like on my own patch?

Maybe not quite as emphatic as Patrick's suggestion, but depends how far you can go.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 08:13
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 81

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you.

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