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A place away from the busiest routes

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A place that is off the beaten track

beaten track = sentiero battuto, sentiero segnato

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2
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Are you a morning person or a night one?

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Are you an early bird or a night owl?

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Ce l’ho sulla punta della lingua

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It’s right on the tip of my tongue.

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4
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Essere golosi di dolci/salato

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To have a sweet/salt tooth

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5
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Regola pratica, empirica

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Rule of thumb

““The rule of thumb is you want to get three to four times a week exercise

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Essere positivi

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To see the glass half full

To be able to see the silver lining

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E’ un bel trucchetto, trucco del mestiere

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That’s a nice trick of a trade

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8
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Come il giorno e la notte

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like chalk and cheese

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9
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Culo e camicia

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1 two peas in a pod”
“Those two were peas in a pod.”
2 buddy-buddy”
3 thick as thieves (in a conspiracy way)

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10
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Avere fegato

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To be gutsy

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11
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Essere pignolo su una questione

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Split hairs/ hair-splitter

“I appreciate you wanting to split hairs for me, but I don’t know.”

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12
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  • How are you? - “I’m in the pink”
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“In piena salute”

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13
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Postpone/put off

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To take a rain check

“I think we should take a rain check on our afternoon.”

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14
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da voci di corridoio

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Through the grape vine

“Bracken must have heard about what they were doing through the grapevine.”

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15
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Che ti piaccia o no

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Like it or lump it

“Like it or lump it, we’ll do what we like. So just get used to it, world.”

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16
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Ho un vuoto di memoria

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Senior moment

“I had another senior moment yesterday.”

17
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In che cosa sei laureato?

A

What is you degree in?

18
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Essere giù di corda

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Under the weather

“You look a little under the weather there.”

19
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Mantenere la calma

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To rein in (my/that) temper

“You’d better rein in that temper of yours”

20
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far perdere i nervi

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to set someone’s teeth on edge

“that would set my teeth on edge.”