-on meaning in Italian

English	Italian
on one's hands and knees preposition	carponipreposition
on one's last legs (about to die) preposition [UK: ɒn wʌnz lɑːst leɡz] [US: ɑːn wʌnz ˈlæst ˈleɡz]	agli sgocciolipreposition alla finepreposition alla fruttapreposition allo stremo delle forzepreposition in fin di vitapreposition in ginocchiopreposition knee)preposition
on one's side (supporting someone) preposition	dalla propriapreposition dalla propria partepreposition
on one's way (in the direct route) preposition	sulla strada perpreposition
on one's way (leaving) preposition	in arrivopreposition
on the edge of one's seat (in suspense) preposition	inchiodato alla sediapreposition incollato alla sediapreposition
on the one hand (from one point of view) preposition [UK: ɒn ðə wʌn hænd] [US: ɑːn ðə wʌn ˈhænd]	da un latopreposition
on the tip of one's tongue (known but not quite remembered) preposition	sulla punta della linguapreposition
one by one (individually) adverb [UK: wʌn baɪ wʌn] [US: wʌn baɪ wʌn]	uno per unoadverb
one for all, all for one (motto: working for each other) phrase [UK: wʌn fɔː(r) ɔːl ɔːl fɔː(r) wʌn] [US: wʌn ˈfɔːr ɔːl ɔːl ˈfɔːr wʌn]	tutti per unophrase uno per tuttiphrase
one hundred and one (figure 101) noun [UK: wʌn ˈhʌn.drəd ənd wʌn] [US: wʌn ˈhʌn.drəd ænd wʌn]	centunonoun
one hundred and one (one hundred plus one, see also: one hundred one) numeral [UK: wʌn ˈhʌn.drəd ənd wʌn] [US: wʌn ˈhʌn.drəd ænd wʌn]	centunonumeral
one thousand and one (the figure 1,001) noun	milleunonoun
one's bark is worse than one's bite (one acts in a threatening way but is relatively harmless) phrase	cani che abbaia non mordephrase
out of the corner of one's eye (look sideways) preposition	con la coda dell'occhiopreposition
pat on the back (to praise or congratulate) verb [UK: pæt ɒn ðə ˈbæk] [US: ˈpæt ɑːn ðə ˈbæk]	dare una pacca sulla spallaverb
pick on (bully, bother, or harass) verb [UK: pɪk ɒn ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈpɪk ɑːn ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di]	averselaverb
pick one's nose (insert a finger into one's nostril) verb [UK: pɪk wʌnz nəʊz] [US: ˈpɪk wʌnz noʊz]	mettersi le dita nel nasoverb scaccolareverb scaccolarsiverb
pin one's hopes on (to place all one's trust in) verb [UK: pɪn wʌnz həʊps ɒn ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈpɪn wʌnz hoʊps ɑːn ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]	appuntare le proprie speranze suverb
play on words (pun or similar humorous use of language) noun [UK: ˈpleɪ ɒn ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈpleɪ ɑːn ˈwɝːdz]	bisticcio di parolenoun {m} gioco di parolenoun {m}
pluck up one's courage (to muster the bravery to do something) verb	farsi coraggioverb farsi forzaverb
pour one's heart out (To express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) verb	aprire il proprio cuoreverb mettere a nudo il proprio animoverb
pull one's socks up (start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts) verb	darsi da fareverb prodigarsiverb rimboccarsi le manicheverb
put behind one (try to forget a negative experience) verb	gettarsi dietro le spalleverb

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