Piuttosto un asino che porti, che un cavallo che butti in terra.Rather an ass that carries than a horse that throws.
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Non c’è il peggior frutto di quello che non matura mai.There is no worse fruit than that which never ripens.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSpogliar Pietro per vestir Paolo.To strip Peter to clothe Paul.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl soldato per far male è ben pagato.The soldier is well paid for doing mischief.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa volpe dice che l’uva è agresta.The fox said the grapes were sour.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVino dentro, senno fuora.When the wine is in the wit is out.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPeggio è la paura della guerra, che la guerra stessa.The fear of war is worse than war itself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando Dio non vuole, i santi non possono.When God will not the saints cannot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAll’onor chi manca d’un momento, non lo ripara in anni cento.A hundred years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honour.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDel cervello ognuno si pensa d’averne più che parte.Every one thinks he has more than his share of brains.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon ischerzar coll’orso, se non vuoi esser morso.Don’t play with the bear if you don’t want to be bit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl fin loda l’opera.The end praises the work.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAma l’amico tuo col vizio suo.Love your friend with his faults.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl fatto non si può disfare.What’s done can’t be undone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPeccato celato, mezzo perdonato.A sin concealed is half forgiven.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl primier colpo per due colpi vale.The first blow is as good as two.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGli uomini fanno la roba, e le donne la conservano.Men make wealth, and women preserve it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTal padrone, tal servitore.Like master like man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi esce di commissione, paga del suo.He that exceeds his commission must answer for it at his own cost.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBen faremo, ben diremo, mal va la barca senza remo.Say what we will, do what we will, the boat goes but sorrily without oars.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVivendo s’impara.Live and learn.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl pesce grande mangia il picciolo.The big fish eat the little.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn cammino battuto erba non cresce.No grass grows on a beaten road.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTre cose cacciano l’uomo di casa: fumo, goccia, e femmina arrabbiata.Three things drive a man out of doors: smoke, dropping water, and a shrew.
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