Angol | Olasz |
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thumb one's nose (to place a thumb upon the tip of the nose in a gesture of disrespect) verb | fare marameoverb |
to one's advantage (in a way that is favorable to one) phrase | a proprio vantaggiophrase |
to one's feet (to a standing position) preposition | in piedipreposition |
to one's knowledge preposition | per quanto mi è dato saperepreposition per quanto ne sappiapreposition |
toot one's own horn (promote oneself) verb [UK: tuːt wʌnz əʊn hɔːn] [US: ˈtuːt wʌnz ˈoʊn ˈhɔːrn] | |
trim one's sails (adjust a ship's sails) verb | |
trim one's sails (to make cutbacks) verb | |
turn in one's grave (be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased) verb [UK: tɜːn ɪn wʌnz ɡreɪv] [US: ˈtɝːn ɪn wʌnz ˈɡreɪv] | |
turn one's life around verb | |
twenty-one (cardinal number) numeral [UK: ˈtwen.ti wʌn] [US: ˈtwen.ti wʌn] | ventunonumeral |
twiddle one's thumbs (to circle one's thumbs around one another) verb [UK: ˈtwɪd.l̩ wʌnz ˈθʌmz] [US: ˈtwɪd.l̩ wʌnz ˈθʌmz] | |
two heads are better than one (joint thinking pays) phrase [UK: ˈtuː hedz ə(r) ˈbe.tə(r) ðæn wʌn] [US: ˈtuː ˈhedz ˈɑːr ˈbe.tər ˈðæn wʌn] | |
under one's arm (between one's arm and torso) preposition | sotto il bracciopreposition |
under one's breath (softly) preposition [UK: ˈʌnd.ə(r) wʌnz breθ] [US: ˈʌnd.r̩ wʌnz ˈbreθ] | a bassa vocepreposition sotto vocepreposition |
under one's thumb preposition [UK: ˈʌnd.ə(r) wʌnz ˈθʌm] [US: ˈʌnd.r̩ wʌnz ˈθʌm] | essere succubepreposition |
up one's sleeve (hidden, in reserve) preposition | avere un asso nella manicapreposition |
wash one's hands of (absolve oneself of responsibility) verb [UK: wɒʃ wʌnz hændz əv] [US: ˈwɑːʃ wʌnz ˈhændz əv] | |
watch one's mouth verb | cucirsi la boccaverb |
weigh one's words verb [UK: weɪ wʌnz ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈweɪ wʌnz ˈwɝːdz] | pesare le paroleverb |
with all one's heart (with much sincerity) preposition | con tutto il cuorepreposition |
with one's eyes closed adverb | ad occhi chiusiadverb |
with one's head held high (proudly) adverb | a testa altaadverb |
work one's fingers to the bone verb |