L’ospite, ed il pesce dopo tre dì rincresce.A guest and a fish stink in three days.
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A gran ruscello passate l’ultimo.At a great river be the last to pass.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTre donne e un papero fanno un mercato.Three women and a goose make a market.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAccenna al savio e lascia far a lui.Give the wise man a hint and leave him to act.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi due lepri caccia, l’una non piglia e l’altra lascia.He who hunts two hares does not catch the one and lets the other escape.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio perder la sella che il cavallo.Better lose the saddle than the horse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha paura d’ogni fronde, non vada al bosco.Who is in fear of every leaf must not go into the wood.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vive a minuto, fà le spese a’ suoi ed agli altri.He who buys by the pennyworth keeps his own house and other men’s too.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGente di confini, o ladri o assassini.Borderers are either thieves or murderers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA chi fa male, mai mancano scuse.The wrong-doer never lacks excuses.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon pensa il cor tutto quel che dice la bocca.The heart does not think all the mouth says.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe amicizie son a buon conto quando si comprano a sberrettate.Friendships are cheap when they can he bought by doffing the hat.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa rana non morde perchè non può.The frog does not bite because it cannot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi burla, si confessa.He that jokes, confesses.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCastello che dà orecchia si vuol rendere.The fortress that parleys soon surrenders.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNella prosperità non fumano gli altari.In prosperity no altars smoke.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCadono le miglior pere in bocca a’ porci.The best pears fall into the pigs’ mouths.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE’ va più d’un asino al mercato.There goes more than one ass to market.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDi casa la gatta il topo non esce a corpo pieno.The mouse does not leave the cat’s house with a bellyful.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGli stornelli son magri perchè vanno in frotta.Starlings are lean because they go in flocks.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE la peggior ruota quella che fa più rumore.The worst wheel creaks most.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove è grand’amore, quivi è gran dolore.Where there is great love there is great pain.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRitornan molti dalla guerra che non sanno raccontar la battaglia.Many return from the war who cannot give an account of the battle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAmor è il vero prezzo con cui si compra amore.Love is the true price at which love is bought.
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