Engelska | Italienska |
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hanger-on [hangers-on] (Someone who hangs on, or sticks) noun [UK: ˌhæŋər ˈɒn] [US: ˌhæŋər ˈɒn] | ruffianonoun scagnozzonoun tirapiedinoun |
have bats in one's belfry (to be crazy or eccentric) verb | essere svitatoverb |
have butterflies in one's stomach (be nervous) verb [UK: həv ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək] [US: həv ˈbʌt.r̩.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək] | |
have eyes bigger than one's stomach (take more food than one can eat) verb | |
have one foot in the grave verb | avere un piede nella fossaverb avere un piede nella tombaverb |
have one's cake and eat it too (to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible) verb | |
have one's head screwed on verb [UK: həv wʌnz hed skruːd ɒn] [US: həv wʌnz ˈhed ˈskruːd ɑːn] | |
have one's heart in one's boots (feel very sad) verb [UK: həv wʌnz hɑːt ɪn wʌnz buːts] [US: həv wʌnz ˈhɑːrt ɪn wʌnz ˈbuːts] | |
have one's way (to obtain the circumstances one wishes for) verb [UK: həv wʌnz ˈweɪ] [US: həv wʌnz ˈweɪ] | averla vintaverb |
have someone in the palm of one's hand (to have full control over someone) verb | |
head-on (direct, abrupt) adjective [UK: ˈhed ɒn] [US: ˈhed ɒn] | di pettoadjective |
head-on (from the front) adjective [UK: ˈhed ɒn] [US: ˈhed ɒn] | frontaleadjective |
head-on collision [head-on collisions] (front end collision involving two vehicles) noun [UK: hed ɒn kə.ˈlɪʒ.n̩] [US: ˈhed ɑːn kə.ˈlɪʒ.n̩] | scontro frontalenoun |
help oneself (take something freely) verb | favorireverb servirsiverb |
hit on (to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.) verb [UK: hɪt ɒn] [US: ˈhɪt ɑːn] | provarci converb |
hit the nail on the head (identify something exactly) verb [UK: hɪt ðə neɪl ɒn ðə hed] [US: ˈhɪt ðə ˈneɪl ɑːn ðə ˈhed] | fare centroverb |
hoist by one's own petard (be hurt by one's own plot) adjective | cadere nella propria trappolaadjective darsi la zappa sui piediadjective fare autogoladjective |
hold on (to hold, grasp, or grip) verb [UK: həʊld ɒn] [US: hoʊld ɑːn] | aggrapparsiverb tenersiverb |
hold on (to keep; to store something for someone) verb [UK: həʊld ɒn] [US: hoʊld ɑːn] | conservareverb tenereverb |
hold on (wait a minute) verb [UK: həʊld ɒn] [US: hoʊld ɑːn] | aspettare un po'verb attendereverb |
hold one's breath (to hold one's breath) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz breθ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈbreθ] | |
hold one's breath (to wait) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz breθ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈbreθ] | |
hold one's head high (act with pride) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz hed haɪ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈhed ˈhaɪ] |