Phrases

Question 1

sì

Answer 1

yes

Question 2

spiacente

Answer 2

sorry

Question 3

prego

Answer 3

you’re welcome

Question 4

arrivederci

Answer 4

good bye

Question 5

ciao

Answer 5

hello/bye

Question 6

grazie

Answer 6

thank you

Question 7

buonasera

Answer 7

good evening

Question 8

buongiorno

Answer 8

good morning

Question 9

buonanotte

Answer 9

good night

Question 10

per favore

Answer 10

please

Question 11

no

Answer 11

no

Question 12

meno male

Answer 12

thank goodness/ah well (I deal with pain)

Question 13

l’amore è cieco

Answer 13

love is blind

Question 14

ho tempo da vendere

Answer 14

I have time to spare (sell)

Question 15

l’olio di gomito

Answer 15

elbow grease (grease from the elbow)

Question 16

chi non lavora non mangia

Answer 16

he who does not work does not eat

Question 17

la vita è breve e l’arte è lunga

Answer 17

life is short and art is lasting

Question 18

le bugie hanno le gambe corte

Answer 18

lies have short legs

Question 19

non piangere sul latte versato

Answer 19

do not cry over spilled milk (not to cry over spilled milk)

Question 20

non vedo l’ora

Answer 20

I cannot wait (I do not see the time)

Question 21

è sempre la solita zuppa

Answer 21

it is always the same thing (soup)

Question 22

sei duro come un mulo

Answer 22

you are a stubborn as a mule

Question 23

sei come un pesce fuori dall’acqua

Answer 23

you are like a fish out of (from the) water

Question 24

raro come le mosche bianche

Answer 24

rare as a white fly

Question 25

devo sputare il rospo

Answer 25

I have to spill (spit out) the beans (frog)

Question 26

a casa sua ognuno è re

Answer 26

Every man is a master in his own home (at his house everyone is king)

Question 27

l’ospite è come il pesce dopo tre giorni puzza

Answer 27

Guests are like fish: after three days, they smell. (overstayed their welcome)

Question 28

rosso di sera bel tempo si spera

Answer 28

Red sky at night sailors delight. (red sky at sunset, good weather is hopeful)

Question 29

lui/lei/etc è una biblioteca ambulante

Answer 29

He/she/etc is a walking library (encyclopaedia)

Question 30

Tra il dire e il fare c’è di mezzo il mare

Answer 30

Easier said than done (Between saying and doing there is the sea in the middle)