Inglese | Italiano |
---|---|
catch one's breath (to take a break, or rest while doing a strenuous activity) verb [UK: kætʃ wʌnz breθ] [US: ˈkætʃ wʌnz ˈbreθ] | prendere fiatoverb |
change one's mind (to decide differently than one had decided before) verb [UK: tʃeɪndʒ wʌnz maɪnd] [US: ˈtʃeɪndʒ wʌnz ˈmaɪnd] | cambiare ideaverb |
clean up one's act (reform) verb | mettersi in rigaverb |
clear one's throat (forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs) verb [UK: klɪə(r) wʌnz θrəʊt] [US: ˈklɪr wʌnz θroʊt] | raschiareverb |
come into one's own (to reach maturity) verb [UK: kʌm ˈɪn.tə wʌnz əʊn] [US: ˈkəm ˌɪn.ˈtuː wʌnz ˈoʊn] | |
conspicuous by one's absence phrase | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Formula One (discipline in motor racing) proper noun [UK: ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə wʌn] [US: ˈfɔːr.mjə.lə wʌn] | Formula Unoproper noun |