Niuna maraviglia dura più che tre giorni.No wonder lasts more than three days.
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Chi non ha piaghe, se ne fa.Who has no plagues makes himself some.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPigliar due colombi a una fava.To catch two pigeons with one bean.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi mal comincia, peggio finisce.He who begins ill finishes worse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSi dice sempre il lupo più grande che non è.The wolf is always said to be bigger than he is.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCan ringhioso e non forzoso, guai alla sua pelle.The dog that is quarrelsome and not strong, woe to his hide.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEgli ha fatto come quel Perugino, che subito che gli fu rotto il capo, corse a casa per la celata.He has done like the Perugian who, when his head was broken, ran home for his helmet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTua camicia non sappia il secreto.Let not your shirt know your secret.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPensano gl’innamorati cho gli altri siano ciechi.Lovers think others are blind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi fa il conto senza l’oste, gli convien farlo due volte.He that reckons without his host must reckon again.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDate bere al prete, che il chierico ha sete.Give the priest drink, for the clerk is thirsty.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi niente sa, di niente dubita.He who knows nothing never doubts.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn sorcio mette paura ad un ladro.A mouse will scare a thief.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAspettare e non venire, stare in letto e non dormire, ben servire e non gradire, son tre cose da morire.To expect what never comes, to lie in bed and not sleep, to serve well and not be advanced, are three things to die of.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAnche la rana morderebbe se avesse denti.Even a frog would bite if it had teeth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA cavar di casa un morto, ci voglion quattro vivi.It takes four living men to carry one dead man out of a house.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vuol presto e ben, faccia da se.He that would have a thing done quickly and well must do it himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi s’aiuta, Dio l’aiuta.God helps him who helps himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE’ non si grida mai al lupo che non sia in paese.There is never a cry of “Wolf!” but the wolf is in the district.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa fame è il meglior intingolo.Hunger is the best sauce.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl satollo non crede al digiuno.The well-fed man does not believe in hunger.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUna rondine non fa l’estate.One swallow does not make a summer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi si fa pecorella, i lupi la mangiano.Make yourself a sheep and the wolves will eat you.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOfferir molto è spezie di negare.Extravagant offers are a kind of denial.
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