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Non hai tutti i venerdì a posto
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People
(You don't have all your Fridays in place) • To be crazy or a bit odd.
"Ma cosa stai dicendo?! Tu non hai tutti i venerdì a posto."
"What are you saying?! You don't have all your Fridays in place."
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Italian
| Bolognese dialect
Emilia Romagna,
Italy
Aqua, pader, ca la tera la brusa!
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(Rain, Father, 'cause the earth is burning!) • Asking God to carry on raining because the soil is burning hot.
''Fa troppo caldo: aqua pader ca la tera la brusa!''
''It's too hot - rain, Father, 'cause the earth is burning!''
Submitted August 2020 by lb
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Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(There’s the Great Flood) • A biblical reference to say it’s pouring with rain.
"C’è il diluvio universale oggi, meglio non uscire."
"There’s the Great Flood today, we'd better not go out."
Portmanteau USED Frequently BY Everyone
(yesno) • Yes and no. And also neither of them.
"Quindi hai litigato con tuo fratello?" "Nì."
"So did you argue with your brother?" "Yesno."
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(to have crickets in your head) • When you have a lot of thoughts on your mind, or when your it's filled with ideas, desires, dreams.
"Non riesco a concentrarmi, ho troppi grilli per la testa!"
"I can't focus, I have too many crickets in my head!"
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Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone
It's the abbreviation of "va bene", literally "sure", "all right". It's also often used as a filler and it can be an expression of irritation, concession, resignation, admission, reluctance and more.
"Vabbè fai quel che ti pare!"
"Oh well do what you want then!"
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Expression USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone
(It rains as God sends it) • When it’s pouring; it’s usually used when talking about the weather.
“Com’è il tempo?” “Piove come Dio la manda.”
“What’s the weather like?” “It’s raining as Gos sends it.”
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(It's raining basins) • Used when it's raining heavily.
"Ha iniziato a piovere a catinelle appena sono uscito, sono bagnato fradicio!"
"It started raining basins as soon as I got out, I'm soaking wet!"
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Italian
| Venetian
Veneto,
Italy
Expression USED On Occasion BY Older Generations
(cottage-cheese hand) • Exclamation used to slightly insult someone who has dropped something or usually drops things.
"Ti è caduto di nuovo il cellulare? Hai proprio le man de puina!"
"You dropped your phone again? Your hand are like cottage cheese!"
Submitted August 2020 by eruannie
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Italian
| Venetian
Veneto,
Italy
Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
Dialect version of the Italian sentence ''sta diluviando" (it's pouring).
"Forse l'ombrello non è sufficiente: fuori sta slavazando."
"Perhaps the umbrella won't be enough: it's pouring."
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(In a four-and-four-is-eight) • To do something very quickly, "in a jiffy", just like adding 4 and 4 together.
"Ho finito i compiti in quattro e quattr'otto, perché erano facili."
"I finished my homework in a four-and-four-is-eight because it was easy."
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Slang USED Very frequently BY Mostly guys
(n.) • Used to refer to a friend in his presence, like "buddy".
"Comu semu, mbare, tutt'a posto?"
"How are you, buddy, you all right?"
