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Translation glossary: idioms

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Lorenzo Carbone
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a bad quarter of an hourun brutto quarto d'ora 
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a bed of rosesuna situazione facile 
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all clearvia libera/situazione fuori pericolo 
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an Achilles heeltallone di Achille 
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an atmosphere that you could cut with a knifeuna atmosfera molto tesa 
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apple of discordla mela della discordia 
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apples and orangesdue persone diverse/inconciliabili 
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armed to teetharmato fino ai denti 
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art for art's sakearte fine a se stessa 
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as long as your armmolto lungo(inform.) 
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back to basicsritorno alla semplicità 
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battle royaldisputa feroce 
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beat the clockscandire il secondo 
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beginner's luckfortuna del principiante 
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below the beltingiustamente/al di fuori delle regole 
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better late than nevermeglio tardi che mai 
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better safe than sorrymeglio essere cauti che dispiaciuti 
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build castles in the airfare i castelli nell'aria 
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don't bet on itnon ci scommettere 
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fight like cat and dogessere come gatto e cane 
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get to the first basefare il primo passo 
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give a good account of yourselfdare una buona impressione 
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give yourself airsdarsi delle arie 
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half the battleun importante passo avanti 
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have a card up your sleeveavere un asso nella manica 
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if you can't beat them ,join themse non li puoi sconfiggere ,fatteli alleati 
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in the final analysisin conclusione 
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keep up appearencesmantenere un tono(aspetto) 
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play your cards rightusare bene le proprie carte 
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put backbone into someoneincoraggiare 
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put the card on the tablescoprire le proprie carte 
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rotten applemela marcia(persona di cattiva influenza) 
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take someone abacksorprendere 
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the ackward agel'adolescenza 
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the angel in the houseuna donna tutta casa e famiglia 
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the apple of your eyeluce dei tuoi occhi 
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the beginning of the endl'inizio della fine 
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the benefit of the doubtbeneficio del dubbio 
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to be afraid of your own shadowspaventarsi per qualunque cosa 
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to be after doing somethingessere al punto di fare qualcosa 
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to be alive and wellessere vivi e vegeti 
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to be on the side of the angelsessere dalla parte giusta 
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to be there for someoneessere disponibile ad aiutare 
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to beat the systemsconfiggere il sistema 
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to come to the acidessere offensivo/acido 
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to get out of bed from the wrong sidestare di cattivo umore tutto il giorno 
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to get your act togetherorganizzarsi per agire 
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to make the best of itricavarne il meglio 
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to play devil's advocatefare l'avvocato del diavolo 
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to rise from the ashesrisorgere dalle ceneri 
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