Inglese | Italiano |
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hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | |
hot on someone's heels (close behind) adjective | alle calcagnaadjective |
icing on the cake (something that intensifies the appreciation of something else) noun | cherry on the cake)noun la ciliegina sulla tortanoun |
if and only if (implies and is implied by) conjunction [UK: ɪf ənd ˈəʊn.li ɪf] [US: ˈɪf ænd ˈoʊn.li ˈɪf] | se e solo seconjunction |
if only (signifies a wish) conjunction [UK: ɪf ˈəʊn.li] [US: ˈɪf ˈoʊn.li] | magariconjunction mi piacerebbeconjunction se soloconjunction |
in one's bones (derived from instinct or ingrained attitude) preposition | nelle ossapreposition |
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king) phrase [UK: ɪn ðə lænd əv ðə blaɪnd ðə wʌn aɪd mæn ɪz kɪŋ] [US: ɪn ðə ˈlænd əv ðə ˈblaɪnd ðə wʌn ˈaɪd ˈmæn ˈɪz ˈkɪŋ] | |
it takes one to know one (an insult which is true about both the sender and the receiver) phrase | |
jump on the bandwagon (to profit from a craze) verb [UK: dʒʌmp ɒn ðə ˈbænd.ˌwæ.ɡən] [US: ˈdʒəmp ɑːn ðə ˈbæn.ˌdwæ.ɡən] | |
keep an eye on (to watch and pay attention to) verb [UK: kiːp ən aɪ ɒn] [US: ˈkiːp ˈæn ˈaɪ ɑːn] | tenere d'occhioverb |
keep on (persist or continue) verb [UK: kiːp ɒn] [US: ˈkiːp ɑːn] | continuareverb mantenereverb persistereverb |
keep one's fingers crossed (hope for the best) verb [UK: kiːp wʌnz ˈfɪŋ.ɡəz krɒst] [US: ˈkiːp wʌnz ˈfɪŋ.ɡərz ˈkrɒst] | |
keep one's mouth shut verb [UK: kiːp wʌnz maʊθ ʃʌt] [US: ˈkiːp wʌnz ˈmaʊθ ˈʃət] | |
keep one's side of the bargain (fulfill a commitment as part of an agreement) verb | stare ai pattiverb |
keep one's word verb [UK: kiːp wʌnz ˈwɜːd] [US: ˈkiːp wʌnz ˈwɝːd] | |
kill two birds with one stone (solve two problems at once) verb [UK: kɪl ˈtuː bɜːdz wɪð wʌn stəʊn] [US: ˈkɪl ˈtuː ˈbɝːdz wɪθ wʌn ˈstoʊn] | |
knock-on effect (secondary, indirect effect) noun | effetto a catenanoun effetto dominonoun |
knock on wood (hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action) interjection | tocca ferrointerjection tocchiamo ferrointerjection |
knock on wood (to take a customary action to ward off misfortune) verb | toccare ferroverb |
know one's place (act humbly according to one's rank) verb [UK: nəʊ wʌnz ˈpleɪs] [US: ˈnoʊ wʌnz ˈpleɪs] | |
Lake Ontario (the lake, see also: Ontario) proper noun [UK: leɪk ɒn.ˈteə.rɪəʊ] [US: ˈleɪk anˈte.rio.ʊ] | lago Ontarioproper noun |
later on adverb [UK: ˈleɪ.tə(r) ɒn] [US: ˈleɪ.tər ɑːn] | più tardiadverb |
laugh in one's sleeve (laugh secretly) verb [UK: lɑːf ɪn wʌnz sliːv] [US: ˈlæf ɪn wʌnz sˈliːv] | |
laugh one's head off (laugh uproariously) verb [UK: lɑːf wʌnz hed ɒf] [US: ˈlæf wʌnz ˈhed ˈɒf] | |
lick one's wounds (withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat) verb | |
live beyond one's means verb | |
live on (survive by consuming certain thing) verb [UK: lɪv ɒn ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈlɪv ɑːn ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] | vivere diverb |
look before one leaps (think before taking action) verb | |
look down on (to regard or treat as inferior) verb [UK: lʊk daʊn ɒn ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈlʊk ˈdaʊn ɑːn ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di] | |
look down one's nose (To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt) verb [UK: lʊk daʊn wʌnz nəʊz] [US: ˈlʊk ˈdaʊn wʌnz noʊz] | |
look on (to think of something in a particular way) verb [UK: lʊk ɒn] [US: ˈlʊk ɑːn] | reputareverb |