Italienisch | Englisch |
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darsi la zappa sui piedi verb | cut off one's nose to spite one's face(harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary) shoot oneself in the foot(to act against one's own interest) |
darsi la zappa sui piedi adjective | hoist by one's own petard(be hurt by one's own plot) |
darsi la zappa sui piedi phrase | like turkeys voting for Christmas(of an action: self-defeating or serving to bring about a situation detrimental to the person performing the action) |
decappottabile noun {f} | cabriolet(an automobile with a retractable top) |
democrazia rappresentativa noun {f} | |
diritto di tappo noun {m} | corkage(fee charged by restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided) |
disappannamento noun {m} | demisting(removal of fine liquid particles) |
disappannare verb | demist(remove liquid) |
disapplicazione noun {f} | nonapplication(failure to apply an existing rule) |
disapprendere verb | forget [forgot, forgotten, forgetting, forgets]verb |
disapprovare verb | disapprove [disapproved, disapproving, disapproves](to condemn) frown upon(facial expression) reprove [reproved, reproving, reproves](to convey one's disapproval of (something)) |
disapprovazione noun {f} | disapprovalnoun |
disappunto noun | annoyance [annoyances](an act or instance of annoying) |
disappunto noun {m} | disappointment [disappointments](emotion) rebuke [rebukes](harsh criticism) |
disturbi specifici di apprendimento noun {Pl} | learning disability [learning disabilities](disability which prevents the sufferer from learning in a typical manner) |
drappeggiare verb | drape [draped, draping, drapes](to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery) |
drappeggio noun {m} | curtain [curtains](piece of cloth covering a window) |
drappello noun {m} | patrol [patrols](guards who go the rounds for observation) |
drapperia noun {f} | draper's(shop that sells drapery) |
drappi noun {m} {m-Pl} | drapes(Plural only: heavy cloth hung over a window) |
drappo noun {m} | curtain [curtains](piece of cloth covering a window) drab(fabric having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour) pall [palls](heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb) |
drappo funerario noun {m} | pall [palls](heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb) |
erede apparente noun {m} {f} | heir apparent [heirs apparent](someone who will definitely inherit) |
essere appeso a un filo verb | hang by a thread(to be in a precarious situation) |
essere una schiappa verb | suck [sucked, sucking, sucks](colloquial: term of general disparagement) |
flappeggio noun {m} | flapping hingenoun |
frappa noun {f} | ruffle [ruffles](strip of fabric) |
frappe noun {f-Pl} | angel wings(crisp pastry in the form of twisted ribbons dusted with sugar) |
frappé noun {m} | shake [shakes](milkshake) |
frappè noun {m} | milkshake [milkshakes](milk and ice cream beverage) smoothie(drink) |
frase d'approccio noun | pick-up line(short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) |
gara d’appalto noun | tender [tenders](law: an offer to buy or sell something) |
giapponese adjective | Japanese(of or relating to Japan) |