Olasz | Angol |
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cornuto adjective | horned(having horns) |
cornuto noun {m} Plollo {m} | patsy(a person who is taken advantage of) |
cornuto noun {m} | cuckold(man married to an unfaithful wife) |
cornuto contento noun {m} | wittol(man who knows and tolerates his wife’s infidelity) |
il bue che dice cornuto all'asino noun | pot calling the kettle black(situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault shared by the accuser) |
il bue che dice cornuto all'asino phrase | I know you are but what am I(assertion that an insult made by the party to whom the phrase is directed is actually true of that party) it takes one to know one(an insult which is true about both the sender and the receiver) |