1352 sayings with source references.
Assenza nemica di amore; quanto lontan dall’occhio, tanto dal cuore.Absence is a foe to love; out of sight out of mind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesProvocar il cavallo a correr per il piano.To spur a horse on level ground.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAnche il sole passa sopra il fango, e non s’imbratta.The sun passes over filth and is not defiled.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesContesa vecchia tosto si fa nuova.An old quarrel is easily renewed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi nel fango casca, quanto più si dimena, più s’imbratta.When a man has fallen into the mire, the more he flounders the more he fouls himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAl cattivo cane tosto vien la coda.A cur’s tail grows fast.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa mal erba cresce presto.Ill weeds grow apace.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPignatta rotta non cade mai da uncino.A cracked pot never fell off the hook.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSchiaffo minacciato non è mai ben dato.A threatened buffet is never well given.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa carta non diventa rossa.Paper does not blush.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTanto buono che non val niente.So good that he is good for nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl pane mangiato è presto dimenticato.Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon ride sempre la moglie del ladro.The thief’s wife does not always laugh.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDentro da un orecchio e fuori dall’altro.In at one ear and out at the other.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGuardati da chi non ha che perdere.Beware of one who has nothing to lose.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPer amistà conservare, muri bisogna piantare.To preserve friendship one must build walls.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeata colei che di vecchio pazzo s’innamora.Happy is she who is in love with an old dotard.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBarba bagnata è mezza rasa.A beard well lathered is half-shaved.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPigliamo prima l’orso, e poi vendiamo la pelle.Let us first catch the bear and then sell its skin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCava un chiodo, e pianta un cavicchio.He takes out a nail and puts in a pin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDi novello tutto par bello.Everything new is beautiful.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl migliore è meno caro.The best is the cheapest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe secchie si mettono a combattere col pozzo, e ne portano la testa rotta.The buckets take to fighting with the well, and get their heads broken.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non può batter il cavallo, batte la sella.Who cannot beat the horse let him beat the saddle.
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