Italienisch | Englisch |
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fumare come un turco verb | smoke like a chimney(to smoke tobacco frequently) |
fumare come una ciminiera verb | smoke like a chimney(to smoke tobacco frequently) |
fuori come un balcone adjective | mad as a hatter(demented or crazy) |
furbo come una volpe adjective | sly as a fox(very sly) |
idem come sopra noun | ditto [dittos](the aforesaid) |
la fine del mondo come lo conosciamo noun | TEOTWAWKI((acronym) The end of the world as we know it) |
magro come un chiodo adjective | thin as a rake(incredibly thin) |
nero come la pece adjective | pitch-black(of the blackest black) pitch-dark(absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch) |
Orcomeno proper noun | Orchomenos(city in central Greece) |
parlare come un libro stampato verb | talk like a book(to talk precisely and with authority) |
picometro noun {m} | picometer [picometers](10^-12 of a meter) |
pieno come un uovo adjective | full up(filled to satiety) |
pieno come un'otre adjective | full as a goog(having eaten too much) |
piovere come Dio la manda verb | rain cats and dogs(to rain very heavily) |
psicometria noun | psychometry [psychometries](paranormal ability) |
psicometria noun {f} | psychometrics(design of psychological tests to measure intelligence) |
quanto ; X as Y - X come Y conjunction | asconjunction |
sano come un pesce adjective {m} | fit as a fiddle(perfectly fit) |
sarcomero noun {m} | sarcomere(contractile unit in a striated muscle's myofibril) |
siccome adverb | because(on account) |
siccome conjunction | as(considering that, because) since(because) |
solcometro noun | log [logs](nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) |
tremare come una foglia verb | shake like a leaf(to tremble) |
una donna senza un uomo è come un pesce senza bicicletta phrase | a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle(a woman is capable of living a complete and independent life) |
utilizzare come arma verb | weaponize(make into a weapon) |
vada come vada phrase | it is what it is(this thing has its own nature) |
vecchio come il cucco adjective {m} | old as the hills(extremely old) |
vecchio come Matusalemme adjective {m} | old as the hills(extremely old) |
veloce come un fulmine adjective | lightning fast(fast as lightning) |
veloce come un lampo adjective | lightning fast(fast as lightning) |
vivi come i romani phrase | when in Rome, do as the Romans do(behave as those around do) |