Ciascuno ha un matto nella manica.Every man has a fool in his sleeve.
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Non scortica la lingua il parlar dolce.Smooth words do not flay the tongue.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa fuga del nemico abbi sospetta.Look with suspicion on the flight of an enemy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vien dietro, serra l’uscio.The last comer shuts the door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI danari del comune sono come l’acqua benedetta, ognun ne piglia.Public money is like holy water, every one helps himself to it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe parole non pascono i gatti.Words won’t feed cats.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFino alla morte non si sa la sorte.Until death there is no knowing what may befall.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa luna non cura dell’abbaiar de’ cani.The moon does not heed the baying of dogs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLoda il mar, e tienti alla terra.Praise the sea and keep on land.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi perde, ha sempre torto.He who loses is always in fault.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMorso di pecora non passa mai la pelle.A sheep’s bite is never more than skin deep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDue teste son migliori che una.Two heads are better than one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSdegno d’amante poco dura.A lover’s anger is short-lived.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl male per libra viene, va via per once.Ill luck comes by pounds and goes away by ounces.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe vesti degli avvocati sono foderate dell’ostinazion dei litiganti.Lawyers’ robes are lined with the obstinacy of suitors.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDi’ il fatto tuo, e lascia far al diavolo.Tell everybody your business and the devil will do it for you.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesErra il prete all’altare.The priest errs at the altar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVoce d’uno, voce di niuno.One voice, no voice.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha mala lingua, bisogna che abbia buone reni.He who has a bad tongue should have good loins.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFare e dire son due cose.Saying and doing are two things.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFatti di miele, e ti mangeran le mosche.Make yourself honey and the flies will eat you.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCittà affamata tosto è espugnata.A starved town is soon forced to surrender.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA buon cavallo non occorre dirgli trotta.No need to say “trot” to a good horse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’occhio del padrone ingrassa il cavallo.The eye of the master fattens the horse.
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