Vender l’uccello in su la frasca.To sell the bird in the bush.
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Pazzo è chi non sa da che parte vien il vento.He is a fool who does not know from what quarter the wind blows.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNessun sente da che parte preme la scarpa, se non chi se la calza.No one perceives where the shoe pinches but he who wears it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon ricordare la croce al diavolo.Don’t mention the cross to the devil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi dice i fatti suoi, mal tacerà quelli d’altrui.He who tells his own affairs will hardly keep secret those of others.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl buon sangue giammai non può mentire.Good blood never lies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDonna che dona di rado è buona; donna che piglia è nell’ altrui artiglia.The woman who gives is seldom good; the woman who accepts is in the power of the giver.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI migliori alberi sono i più battuti.The best trees are the most beaten.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSimili con simili vanno.Like will to like.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl sacco de’ mendici non ha fondo.The beggar’s wallet has no bottom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI pazzi per lettera sono i maggiori pazzi.There is no fool like a learned fool.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vuol andar salvo per lo mondo, bisogna aver occhio di falcone, orecchio d’asino, viso di scimia, bocca di porcello, spalle di camello, e gambe di cervo.To go safely through the world you must have the eye of a falcon, the ear of an ass, the face of an ape, the mouth of a pig, the shoulders of a camel, and the legs of a deer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon basta di saper rubare, bisogna anche saper nascondere.It is not enough to know how to steal, one must know also how to conceal.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAd un popolo pazzo, un prete spiritato.A mad parish, a mad priest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni cosa ha cagione.There is a cause for all things.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi più sa, meno crede.Who knows most believes least.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCader della padella nelle bragie.To fall out of the frying-pan into the fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA buon cavallo non manca sella.A good horse never lacks a saddle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesInsegnando s’impara.We learn by teaching.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPegno che mangia niuno lo pigli.No one should take in an eating pawn (or pledge).
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRete nuova non piglia uccello vecchio.A new net won’t catch an old bird.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl pane degli altri ha sette croste.Others’ bread has seven crusts.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDi buona volontà sta pieno l’inferno.Hell is full of good intentions.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi è in peccato, crede che tutti dicano male di lui.He who is guilty believes that all men speak ill of him.
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