Engleză | Italiană |
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thumb [thumbs] (digit) noun [UK: ˈθʌm] [US: ˈθʌm] | dito grossonoun pollicenoun |
thumb one's nose (to place a thumb upon the tip of the nose in a gesture of disrespect) verb | fare marameoverb |
Thumbelina (a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale) proper noun | Mignolinaproper noun Pollicinaproper noun |
thumbnail [thumbnails] (chiefly computing: small picture) noun [UK: ˈθʌm.neɪl] [US: ˈθʌm.ˌnel] | anteprimanoun miniaturanoun |
thumbscrew (torture instrument) noun [UK: ˈθʌm.skruː] [US: ˈθʌm.skruː] | schiaccia pollicinoun |
thumbtack [thumbtacks] (nail-like tack) noun [UK: ˈθʌm.tæk] [US: ˈθʌm.tæk] | puntinanoun |
all thumbs (clumsy (idiom)) adjective | goffoadjective impacciatoadjective maldestroadjective mano di pastafrollaadjective |
green thumb (skill) noun | pollice verdenoun |
lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa) noun | poligono persicarianoun |
rule of thumb (general guideline rather than a strict rule) noun [UK: ruːl əv ˈθʌm] [US: ˈruːl əv ˈθʌm] | a lume di nasonoun |
stick out like a sore thumb (be very noticeably different) verb | |
Tom Thumb (the thumb-sized hero of a fairy tale) proper noun [UK: tɒm ˈθʌm] [US: ˈtɑːm ˈθʌm] | Pollicinoproper noun |
twiddle one's thumbs (to circle one's thumbs around one another) verb [UK: ˈtwɪd.l̩ wʌnz ˈθʌmz] [US: ˈtwɪd.l̩ wʌnz ˈθʌmz] | |
under one's thumb preposition [UK: ˈʌnd.ə(r) wʌnz ˈθʌm] [US: ˈʌnd.r̩ wʌnz ˈθʌm] | essere succubepreposition |