Da stagione tutto è buono.Everything is good in its season.
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Lunga lingua, corta mano.Long tongue, short hand.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi serve al commune, ha cattivo padrone.He who serves the public has a sorry master.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDolce vivanda vuole salsa acerba.Sweet meat requires sour sauce.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA chi ti dà un porco, tu gli puoi ben dar una carbonata.To him who gives you a pig you may well give a rasher.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon si deve far male per trarne bene.Never do evil that good may come of it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon lasciar chiodo che non si ributti.Leave no nail unclenched.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon istanno bene due galli in un cortile.Two cocks in one yard do not agree.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFar conto dell’uovo non ancor nato.Don’t reckon your eggs before they are laid.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’aquila non fa guerra ai ranocchi.The eagle does not war against frogs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vuol ammazzar il suo cane, basta che dica ch’è arrabbiato.He who wants his dog killed has only to say he’s mad.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBisogna voltar la vela secondo il vento.You must shift your sail with the wind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe ben ho perso l’anello, ho pur anche le dita.If I have lost the ring I still have the fingers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio cader dalla finestra che dal tetto.Better to fall from the window than the roof.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non fa quando può, non fa quando vuole.He who does not when he can, cannot when he will.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’ammalato dorme quando il debitor non dorme.The sick man sleeps when the debtor cannot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAd ogni volpe piace il pollaio.Every fox likes a henroost.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAd ora ad ora vola tutto il tempo.Hour by hour time departs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiuttosto cappello in mano, che mano alla borsa.Rather hat in hand than hand in purse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMeglio un prossimo vicino che un lontano cugino.Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDonna di finestra, uva di strada.A woman who loves to be at the window is like a bunch of grapes on the wayside.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon entra a messa la campana, e pur ognuno ci chiama.The bell does not go to mass, and yet calls every one to it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMorto io, morto ognun, ed il porco.When I’m dead, everybody’s dead, and the pig too.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon puoi mal fare a nave rotta.You cannot damage a wrecked ship.
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