I bocconi grossi spesso strozzano.Big mouthfuls often choke.
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Non giova a dire, per tal via non passerò, nè di tal acqua beverò.There is no use in saying, I will not go such a way, nor drink of such a water.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn poco di vero fa creder tutta la bugia.A little truth makes the whole lie pass.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha buon cavallo in stalla, può andare a piedi.He who has a good horse in his stable may go on foot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe disgrazie non vengon mai sole.Misfortunes never come single.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù sventurato che i cani in chiesa.More unlucky than dogs in church.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn canestro d’uva non fa vendemmia.One basket of grapes does not make a vintage.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl tempo buono viene una volta sola.The good time comes but once.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi offende, scrive nella rena; chi è offeso nel marmo.Who offends writes on sand; who is offended, on marble.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPer dir gran mercè, la mia gatta morì.Thank you, pretty pussy, was the death of my cat.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE facile far paura al toro dalla finestra.It is easy to threaten a bull from a window.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon è tempo da giuocar a scacchi quando la casa brucia.It is no time to play chess when the house is on fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha de’ pani, ha de’ cani.He who has loaves has dogs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi niente dice, mai non mente.He who says nothing never lies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAd un cieco mal può mostrarsi il cammino.It is not easy to show the way to a blind man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl buono a qualcosa è l’asino del publico.He that is good for something is the ass of the public.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl danaro è un compendio del poter umano.Money is an epitome of human power.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAd albero caduto accétta, accétta.To the fallen tree, hatchets! hatchets!
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl cieco non dee giudicar dei colori.A blind man is no judge of colours.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA chi vuole, non mancano modi.Where there’s a will there’s a way.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non sa adulare, non sa conversare.Who knows not how to flatter knows not how to talk.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCan vecchio non s’avvezza a portar collare.An old dog does not grow used to the collar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI matrimonj sono, non come si fanno, ma come riescono.Marriages are not as they are made, but as they turn out.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTosto si trova il bastone per dare al cane.A stick is soon found to beat a dog.
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