Italian idioms

Question 1

In bocca al lupo

Answer 1

Good luck, break a leg

Question 2

Buono come il pane

Answer 2

As good as gold

Question 3

L’erba del vicino è sempre più verde

Answer 3

The grass is always greener on the other side

Question 4

A mali estremi, estremi rimedi

Answer 4

Desperate times call for desperate measures

Question 5

Affogare in un bicchier d’acqua

Answer 5

Hasn’t got any bottle

Question 6

Conosco i miei polli

Answer 6

I know my stuff

Question 7

Trovarsi fra l’incudine e il martello

Answer 7

Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Question 8

Hai voluto la bicicletta? Allora pedala!

Answer 8

You’ve made your bed, now lie in it

Question 9

Diciamo pane al pane e vino al vino

Answer 9

Let’s call a spade a spade

Question 10

è tutto pepe!

Answer 10

He’s full of beans

Question 11

Sputa il rospo

Answer 11

Spit it out

Question 12

Colto con le mani nel sacco

Answer 12

Caught with his hands in the cookie jar

Question 13

Morto un papa, se ne fa un’altro

Answer 13

There’s always more where that came from

Question 14

Togliti dai piedi!

Answer 14

Get out of the way

Question 15

L’abito non fa il monaco

Answer 15

You can’t judge a book by looking at the cover

Question 16

Avere le braccine corte

Answer 16

To be tight-fisted

Question 17

Non vedo l’ora

Answer 17

Can’t wait

Question 18

Che palle!

Answer 18

What a pain