Molti son bravi quando l’inimico fugge.Many are brave when the enemy flies.
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Anche il mar, che è si grande, si pacifica.Even the sea, great as it is, grows calm.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle volte si dà un uovo per un bue.Sometimes an egg is given for an ox.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChiodo con chiodo da se si cava.One nail drives out another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTal ha belli occhi che niente vi vede.One may have good eyes and see nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon si serra mai una porta che non se n’apra un’altra.One door never shuts but another opens.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù vale guadagnar in loto, che perder in oro.Better gain in mud than lose in gold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAd occhio infermo nuoce la luce.The light is painful to sore eyes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha un sol porco, facilmente l’ingrassa.He that has but one pig easily fattens it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUnto alle ruote.Grease to the wheels.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAccosta più la camicia che il giubbone.The shirt is nearer than the doublet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA chi vuol fare, non manca che fare.To him who is determined it remains only to act.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuanto più si frega la schiena al gatto, più leva la coda.The more you stroke the cat’s back the more she sets up her tail.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCuor forte rompe cattiva sorte.A stout heart overcomes ill fortune.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCade un cavallo, che ha quattro gambe.A horse falls though he has four legs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove non basta la pelle del leone, bisogna attaccarvi quella della volpe.Where the skin of the lion does not suffice, we must join that of the fox.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi dorme con cani si leva con pulci.Who lies down with dogs gets up with fleas.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAl più potente ceda il più prudente.The most prudent yields to the strongest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’Inglese italianizzato, un diavolo incarnato.The Italianised Englishman is a devil incarnate.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn guaina d’oro coltello di piombo.In a golden sheath a leaden knife.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove bisognan rimedj, il sospirar non vale.Where remedies are needed, sighing avails not.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl più difficile è il metter il piè in istaffa.The difficult thing is to get foot in the stirrup.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCorre lontano chi non torna mai.He runs far who never turns.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl parer proprio non ha mai torto.A man’s own opinion is never wrong.
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