MODI 4

Question 1

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

Answer 1

A caval donato non si guarda in bocca.

Question 2

Get off your backside!

Answer 2

Alza le chiappe!

Question 3

to floor it

Answer 3

andare a tavoletta

Question 4

to get straight to the point

Answer 4

andare subito al sodo

Question 5

to be sex obsessed

Answer 5

avere il cervello nelle mutande

Question 6

Good on you!

Answer 6

Buon per lei!

Question 7

to get oneself into a fix

Answer 7

cacciarsi in un ginepraio

Question 8

to suit to a T: to fit the bill; to fit like a glove

Answer 8

calzare a pennello

Question 9

to fall for something (be fooled)

Answer 9

cascarci come una pera cotta (farsi imbrogliare)

Question 10

smells good!

Answer 10

che profumino!

Question 11

grasp all lose all.

Answer 11

Chi troppo vuole, nulla stringe.

Question 12

as stubborn as a mule

Answer 12

cocciuto più di un mulo

Question 13

to give a hard time to someone

Answer 13

dare filo da torcere a qualcuno

Question 14

to go hopping mad

Answer 14

dare fuori di matto

Question 15

to let/take a room

Answer 15

dare/prendere a pigione una camera

Question 16

Non ti buttare giù.

Answer 16

Don’t beat yourself up.

Question 17

It was like being taken through a tumbledryer.

Answer 17

È stato come trovarsi dentro il cestello di un’asciugatrice.

Question 18

It’s another kettle of fish.

Answer 18

E un altro paio di maniche.

Question 19

to put on a brave face

Answer 19

fare buon viso a cattiva sorte

Question 20

to misfire; to fail; to flop

Answer 20

fare cilecca

Question 21

to play dumb

Answer 21

fare il finto tonto

Question 22

to do something out of pique

Answer 22

fare qualcosa per picca

Question 23

to show the way to someone

Answer 23

fare strada a qualcuno

Question 24

stay low (out of fear)

Answer 24

farsela sotto

Question 25

You’ve really pulled it off.

Answer 25

Hai tirato veramente fuori un coniglio dal cilindro.

Question 26

most of the time

Answer 26

il piu delle volte

Question 27

to swallow a bitter pill

Answer 27

ingoiare il rospo

Question 28

the attention span of a gnat

Answer 28

la concentrazione di un criceto (hamster)

Question 29

the local gossip

Answer 29

la tromba del vicinato

Question 30

late morning Sunday

Answer 30

domenica in tarda mattinata

Question 31

to wash one’s dirty laundry in public

Answer 31

lavare i panni sporchi in pubblico

Question 32

put oneself on the line; challenge oneself

Answer 32

mettersi in gioco

Question 33

that’s news to me / that rings a bell.

Answer 33

mi giunge nuovo / non mi giunge nuovo.

Question 34

You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore.

Answer 34

Non avrete piu Nixon da prendere a calci.

Question 35

to lose it (temper)

Answer 35

perdere le staffe

Question 36

to lay about

Answer 36

picchiare a destra e a manca

Question 37

to kill two birds with one stone

Answer 37

prendere due piccioni con una fava

Question 38

to get get it totally wrong

Answer 38

prendere un granchio

Question 39

immediately

Answer 39

seduta stante

Question 40

fancy, whim, craving

Answer 40

sfizio

Question 41

at once, at the drop of the hat

Answer 41

su due piedi

Question 42

to bring someone down a peg or two

Answer 42

tarpare le ali a qualcuno

Question 43

to get rid of

Answer 43

togliere di mezzo

Question 44

to get something out of one’s system

Answer 44

togliersi lo sfizio

Question 45

satisfy a craving

Answer 45

togliersi uno sfizio

Question 46

There’s bad blood between them.

Answer 46

Tra loro c’e della ruggine.

Question 47

to hatch a conspiracy

Answer 47

tramare una congiura

Question 48

deceive, mislead

Answer 48

trarre in inganno

Question 49

Let’s get to the point

Answer 49

Veniamo al dunque.

Question 50

Once it’s done, you’ll feel better.

Answer 50

via il dente, via il dolore.