MODI 2

Question 1

To take it easy.

Answer 1

Prendersela comoda

Question 2

To fit like a glove.

Answer 2

Andare a pennello.

Question 3

Things worked out great.

Answer 3

Le cose sono andate a gonfie vele.

Question 4

To a T - in every detail

Answer 4

Per filo e per segno.

Question 5

To set free.

Answer 5

Porre in liberta.

Question 6

To fall in large flakes.

Answer 6

Cadere a larghi fiocchi.

Question 7

Whatever can we still do?

Answer 7

Tanto cosa ci restiamo a fare?

Question 8

To grab someone by the waist.

Answer 8

Afferrare qualcuno per la vita.

Question 9

Thin as a rake.

Answer 9

Magro come uno stuzzicadenti.

Question 10

To throw down the gauntlet.

Answer 10

Gettare il guanto di sfida.

Question 11

To flush the toilet.

Answer 11

Tirare lo sciacquone del water.

Question 12

It’s the twentieth and something of October.

Answer 12

È il venti e rotti d’ottobre.

Question 13

We apologise for the inconvenience.

Answer 13

Ci scusiamo per il disagio.

Question 14

To waste time and money

Answer 14

Buttare via tempo e quattrini

Question 15

To jump from one subject to another.

Answer 15

Saltare di palo in frasca.

Question 16

Skull and crossbones.

Answer 16

Teschio e tibie incrociate.

Question 17

The phone bill is massive!

Answer 17

Che sberla la bolletta del telefono!

Question 18

To retire into one’s shell.

Answer 18

Ritirarsi nel proprio guscio.

Question 19

It was a bitter pill to swallow, but I had to put up with it.

Answer 19

È stato un boccone amaro, ma m’è toccato mandarlo giù.

Question 20

Smart as a whip

Answer 20

Astuto come una lince

Question 21

to bury one’s head in the sand

Answer 21

Nascondere la testa nella sabbia

Question 22

In less than it takes to say it.

Answer 22

In men che non si dica.

Question 23

Under false pretences.

Answer 23

Sotto mentite spoglie.

Question 24

Monumental cock-up.

Answer 24

Stratosferica cazzata.

Question 25

Sick and tired.

Answer 25

Stufo marcio.

Question 26

Makes you want to bump yourself off.

Answer 26

Da tagliarsi le vene.

Question 27

It gives me goose bumps.

Answer 27

Mi fa venire la pelle d’oca.

Question 28

He always manages to turn things his way.

Answer 28

Riesce sempre a rivoltare la frittata.

Question 29

Such bad manners!

Answer 29

Che modi!

Question 30

Don’t you dare!

Answer 30

Guai a te!

Question 31

To love one’s food

Answer 31

Essere una buona forchetta

Question 32

To happen at the right time

Answer 32

Capitare a fagiolo

Question 33

To give someone a taste of their own medicine

Answer 33

Rendere pan per focaccia

Question 34

To have a big fright

Answer 34

Prendere uno spaghetto

Question 35

To bury one’s head in the sand

Answer 35

Avere gli occhi foderati di prosciutto

Question 36

To be just the job

Answer 36

Essere come il cacio sui maccheroni

Question 37

Things don’t always work out.

Answer 37

Non tutte le ciambelle riescono col buco.

Question 38

I don’t give a fig.

Answer 38

Non me ne importa un fico secco.

Question 39

It’s not your own work.

Answer 39

Non e farina del tuo sacco

Question 40

To take on too much

Answer 40

Mettere troppa carne al fuoco

Question 41

To be a butterfingers

Answer 41

Avere le mani di pasta frolla

Question 42

To throw a spanner in the works

Answer 42

Rompere le uova nel paniere

to upset somebody’s plans:
rompere le uova nel paniere a qualcuno

- also: mettere i bastoni tra le ruote

Question 43

I’m terribly late.

Answer 43

Sono in ritardo pazzesco.

Question 44

from the corner of one’s eye

Answer 44

con la coda dell’occhio

Question 45

to scowl, frown, look grim

Answer 45

fare cipiglio

Question 46

to bow to; kow-tow

Answer 46

chinare il capo

Question 47

I have sifted through all the activity on his computer.

Answer 47

Ho passato al setaccio tutta l’attività del suo computer.

Question 48

What does this have to do with…

Answer 48

Cosa c’entra + object

- there’s no ‘con’ after ‘cosa centra’.

Question 49

see the connection

Answer 49

cogliere il nesso

Question 50

to cover one’s back (ass)

Answer 50

pararsi il culo