Inglese | Italiano |
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count on (rely upon, trust, or expect) verb [UK: kaʊnt ɒn ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈkaʊnt ɑːn ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di] | contareverb |
count on the fingers of one hand verb | |
cross one's arms (link one's arms) verb [UK: ˈkrɒs wʌnz ɑːmz] [US: ˈkrɑːs wʌnz ˈɑːrmz] | |
cross one's fingers (put the middle finger across the index finger) verb | |
cross one's legs (place one leg over the other) verb | |
cut off one's nose to spite one's face (harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary) verb [UK: kʌt ɒf wʌnz nəʊz tuː spaɪt wʌnz feɪs] [US: ˈkət ˈɒf wʌnz noʊz ˈtuː ˈspaɪt wʌnz ˈfeɪs] | |
cut one's coat according to one's cloth (to live within one's means) verb | |
cut one's teeth (gain early experience) verb [UK: kʌt wʌnz tiːθ] [US: ˈkət wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | farsi le ossaverb |
dead on arrival (dead when arriving at hospital) adjective | giunto cadavereadjective |
dig in one's heels (to act in a determined manner) verb | impuntarsiverb puntare i piediverb |
drag one's feet (procrastinate) verb [UK: dræɡ wʌnz fiːt] [US: ˈdræɡ wʌnz ˈfiːt] | |
drown one's sorrows (to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings) verb | |
eat one's hat (to express disbelief about a proposition) verb | |
eat one's heart out (feel overwhelming negative emotion) verb [UK: iːt wʌnz hɑːt ˈaʊt] [US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈhɑːrt ˈaʊt] | |
eat one's words (regret something said) verb [UK: iːt wʌnz ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈwɝːdz] | ritrattarsiverb |
egg on one's face (suffer embarrassment or humiliation) noun | |
eighty-one (81) numeral [UK: ˈeɪ.ti wʌn] [US: ˈeɪ.ti wʌn] | ottantunonumeral |
enjoy oneself (take pleasure) verb [UK: ɪn.ˈdʒɔɪ wʌn.ˈself] [US: ɪn.ˈdʒɔɪ wʌn.ˈself] | divertirsiverb |
eyes on the ground (observer(s) in an area of interest) noun | analizzatorinoun osservatorinoun |
fall on deaf ears (of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored) verb [UK: fɔːl ɒn def ɪəz] [US: ˈfɑːl ɑːn ˈdef ˈɪrz] | cadere nel vuotoverb essere ignoratoverb |
fall to one's knees verb | |
feast one's eyes (to look at with great satisfaction) verb | |
feel one's way (to proceed by touch rather than sight) verb [UK: fiːl wʌnz ˈweɪ] [US: ˈfiːl wʌnz ˈweɪ] | andare a tentoniverb |
feet on the ground (translations for "have one's feet on the ground") noun | |
fifty-one (cardinal number) numeral [UK: ˈfɪf.ti wʌn] [US: ˈfɪf.ti wʌn] | cinquantunonumeral |
figment of one's imagination (product of the imagination) noun | |
fold one's arms verb [UK: fəʊld wʌnz ɑːmz] [US: foʊld wʌnz ˈɑːrmz] | |
for one (as one person among other people) adverb | almenoadverb per lo menoadverb perlomenoadverb personalmenteadverb |
for one (as the first in a number of examples) adverb | per prima cosaadverb prima di tuttoadverb |