modi di dire

Question 1

Trattare a pesci in faccia

Answer 1

to give someone a slap in the face

Question 2

essere muto come un pesce

Answer 2

to keep mum

Question 3

essere un pesce fuor d’acqua

Answer 3

to be like a fish out of water

Question 4

buttarsi a pesce

Answer 4

to be in one’s element

Question 5

essere un pesce in barile

Answer 5

to turn a blind eye

Question 6

sguazare come un pesce

Answer 6

to be in one’s element

Question 7

il pesce puzza dalla testa

Answer 7

a fish rots from its head

Question 8

il pesce grosso mangia quello piccolo

Answer 8

dog eat dog

Question 9

chi dorme non piglia pesci

Answer 9

the early bird catches the worm

Question 10

l’ospite è come il pesce, dopo tre giorni puzza

Answer 10

guests wear out their welcome(?)

Question 11

trattare con i guanti bianchi

Answer 11

to treat like royalty

Question 12

portare i pantaloni

Answer 12

to wear the trousers

Question 13

nascere con la camicia

Answer 13

to be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth; to be born under a star(?)

Question 14

appendere il cappello al chiodo

Answer 14

to hang (up) one’s hat

Question 15

restare in mutande

Answer 15

be left only with the shirt on one’s back

Question 16

casarci con tutte le scarpe

Answer 16

to fall for sth; be naïve(?)

Question 17

stracciarsi le vesti

Answer 17

to cry shame

Question 18

l’abito non fa il monaco

Answer 18

the clothes do not make the man

Question 19

essere un altro paio di maniche

Answer 19

to be a different kettle of fish

Question 20

abbassare la cresta

Answer 20

come off one’s high horse, vail one’s pride

Question 21

non avere il becco di un quattrino

Answer 21

to not have a bean

Question 22

fare la cresta sulla spesa

Answer 22

to chisel a bit on the shopping

Question 23

essere becco e bastonato

Answer 23

to be pecked and beaten

Question 24

brucciarsi le ali

Answer 24

to come to grief, to come unstuck

Question 25

tarpare le ali a qualcuno

Answer 25

to clip someone’s wings

Question 26

avere le zampe di gallina

Answer 26

to have crow’s feet

Question 27

avere la coda di paglia

Answer 27

to have a guilty conscience

Question 28

avere orecchio

Answer 28

have an ear for music

Question 29

avere culo

Answer 29

be lucky

Question 30

avere naso

Answer 30

have a nose for something; intuition

Question 31

avere polso

Answer 31

be energetic; decisive

Question 32

avere fegato

Answer 32

be courageous

Question 33

avere cuore

Answer 33

be generous

Question 34

avere cervello

Answer 34

be intelligent

Question 35

avere l’acqua alla gola

Answer 35

to b in a tight spot

Question 36

essere un pugno in un occhio

Answer 36

to b an eyesore; stand out like a sore thumb

Question 37

in un batter d’occhio

Answer 37

straight away; immediately

Question 38

avere il cuore in gola

Answer 38

to have one’s heart in one’s mouth

Question 39

avere un buco allo stomaco

Answer 39

b hungry

Question 40

avere uno scheletro nell’armadio

Answer 40

to hv a skeleton in the cupboard

Question 41

ne uccide più la gola che la spada

Answer 41

gluttony kills more than the sword

Question 42

avere un diavolo per capello

Answer 42

to be incandescent

Question 43

salvare capra e cavoli

Answer 43

square the circle? have the best of both worlds; reconcile 2 apparently opposite ideas?

Question 44

alzare le mani

Answer 44

give up, surrender

Question 45

comprare a scatola chiusa

Answer 45

buy a pig in a poke

Question 46

fare il callo

Answer 46

to get used to something

Question 47

lavorare con i piedi

Answer 47

to be cackhanded

Question 48

avere la testa fra le nuvole

Answer 48

to have one’s head in the clouds

Question 49

avere qualche rotella fuori posto

Answer 49

to have a screw loose

Question 50

essere buona forchetta

Answer 50

to enjoy one’s food, to be a big eater

Question 51

prendere per il naso

Answer 51

to pull a fast one, trick, deceive, cheat

Question 52

essere di bocca buona

Answer 52

to be satisfied easily

Question 53

avere le mani bucate

Answer 53

to be profligate

Question 54

rompersi la schiena

Answer 54

break one’s back

Question 55

fare di ogni erba un fascio

Answer 55

to lump together, tar with the same brush

Question 56

gridare al vento

Answer 56

shout into the void(?)

Question 57

alzare il gomito

Answer 57

to like one’s drink

Question 58

mettere su ciccia

Answer 58

to put on weight

Question 59

non avere peli sulla lingua

Answer 59

speak one’s mind

Question 60

fare un buco nell’acqua

Answer 60

to fail, draw a blank

Question 61

non avere sale in zucca

Answer 61

not the sharpest tool

Question 62

battere i denti

Answer 62

chattering teeth

Question 63

toccare il cielo con un dito

Answer 63

to be over the moon(?)

Question 64

essere sulle braci

Answer 64

to be on tenterhooks

Question 65

gridare al miracolo

Answer 65

cry wolf(?), hail as a miracle

Question 66

essere mela marcia

Answer 66

to be a rotten apple, bad apple