Dalla rapa non si cava sangue.There is no getting blood from a turnip.
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Bue vecchio, solco diritto.An old ox makes a straight furrow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi dinanzi mi pinge, di dietro mi tinge.Who paints me before blackens me behind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi è imbarcato col diavolo, ha da passar in sua compagnia.He who is embarked with the devil must make the passage in his company.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGettar le margherite ai porci.To cast pearls before swine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAmbasciator non porta pena.An ambassador beareth no blame.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi servo si fa, servo s’aspetta.He who makes himself a servant is expected to remain a servant.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non ha niente, non teme niente.Who has nothing fears nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn bocca chiusa non c’entran mosche.No flies get into a shut mouth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon ogni fiore fa buon odore.It is not every flower that smells sweet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl diavolo dove non può mettere il capo vi mette la coda.Where the devil cannot put his head he puts his tail.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFar due chiodi ad un caldo.To make two nails at one heat.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDell’amico bene; del nemico nè bene nè male.Speak well of your friend; of your enemy neither well nor ill.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgnuno ama la giustizia a casa altrui: a nessun piace a casa sua.Every one likes justice in another’s house, none in his own.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA tal labbra, tal lattuga.Like lips, like lettuce.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio domandar che errare.Better to ask than go astray.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCon arte e con inganno si vive mezzo l’anno; con inganno e con arte si vive l’altra parte.With art and knavery we live through half the year; with knavery and art we live through the other.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe buone derrate vuotano la borsa.Good bargains empty the purse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove non si crede, l’acqua rompe.The water breaks out where it is not expected.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiccola favilla accende gran fuoco.A little spark kindles a great fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFelice non è chi d’esser non sa.He is not happy who knows it not.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSpesso d’un gran male nasce un gran bene.Out of a great evil often comes a great good.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCan che morde non abbaia in vano.The dog that bites does not bark in vain.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAi mali estremi, estremi rimedi.For extreme ills extreme remedies.
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