Italian | English |
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alle spalle preposition | behind someone's back(secretly) |
bruciarsi i ponti alle spalle verb | cross the Rubicon(to make an irreversible decision) |
colpire alle spalle verb | backstab [backstabbed, backstabbing, backstabs](to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly) |
guardarsi alle spalle verb | look over one's shoulder(check obsessively out of fear) |
parlare alle spalle verb | backbite [backbit, backbitten, backbiting, backbites](to make defamatory statements about another) |