Con tutte le scarpe
You fell for it with all your shoes. You have lived this experience fully. But paying the consequences. Generally it refers to a joke and the metaphor takes us back to the river, where if you fall with all your shoes inside it is not a good thing. In fact it is sometimes nice to believe in something with all of ourselves, but equally wise it is to be cautious, and possibly barefoot…
(Non) Sparare sulla Croce Rossa
We must not take it out on those who cannot defend themselves. It is a very vile attitude. It is easy to be strong with the weak, and more often than not, we prove to be weak with the strong. But above all… make love not war…
Pe’ puzza e pe’ miracolo
It took or will take very little to obtain a certain result. An inconsistent distance separated success from failure. Furthermore, the advent of divine forces has provided to resolve the situation, and certainly it is not common. Basically it takes more effort, otherwise we won’t make it.
Manco a li cani
It is a harsh expression of the popular Romanity, from our suburbs where the sun of the good god does not give its rays.
It reminds us that something can be so bad, so indigestible, so horrible, that not even a dog, although notoriously strong on his stomach, could accept it. Sometimes it is said about a person and in a purely aesthetic sense. Sometimes about food. The translation is a bit fanciful and too literal this time…
Bella/o su tutte le rote
A compliment full of style! The reference is to the lottery wheel. In fact, each “important” city has its own specific wheel of fortune and therefore its own lottery. Fate has always been linked to beauty and love, in a visceral constant interweaving throughout our lives. Sometimes luck in the game does not go hand in hand with love (lucky in the game, bad lucky in love) and at the same time it is said that the graces of the blindfolded goddess do not discriminate (luck is blind).
It is an ancestral plot that after centuries of close relationship, playing a first-rate role within life, comes to remind us that a woman or a man can be beautiful on all the wheels, therefore in every city, wherever they are they fear no comparison.
Where the wheel turns, beauty can remain an irrefutable fact, although subjectively speaking.
La goccia che fa traboccare il vaso
Or if you prefer: patience has a limit. And sometimes if someone gets up even for a small thing (a drop) it is because many other previous drops have filled the jar of endurance. So if the reaction appears out of proportion we don’t just compare it with the last episode but with the whole series. It is important for interpersonal relationships and mutual understanding.
The wise said…
Anacapito?!
So you didn’t understand at all. Be surprised because what I said or I am going to tell you is amazing!
Siamo indietro…
After a year of reflective pause, here we are again! Deep linguistic research and in-depth etymological studies, to help those who want to bring Italian into English and for those who, in the English language, want to better understand Italy! Because languages must be able to bring with them the culture of a country … otherwise the google translator will transform us into talking machines …
Un cavaliere tra due dame fa la figura del salame
And in the same way I would say that a lady between two knights makes the same ugly figure.
Clarity is the basis of relationships! Isn’t that so? A prolonged indecision condition easily backfires. Having two ladies (or two knights) may imply that, not only we are not able to choose, but also that we probably are not been chosen despite the double chance.
Mai una gioia
When a small sentence perfectly express a complex mood of disillusionment and pessimism.
An existential awareness that, in life, sometimes, conditions are so adverse, and apparently lead to an inevitable destiny. And after all, at the bottom of the page, we find a faint light of hope, which reveals that sooner or later things will change.
A chi tocca nun se ‘ngrugna
Sometimes you have to accept the unquestionable choice of fate. You were chosen by chance or by the community to do a certain thing. The best reaction is undoubtedly to indulge the events without complaining. After this we can say “today to you tomorrow to me”.
Pancia mia fatti capanna
There is probably a similar saying in English. But it sounded so good as I wrote it that I couldn’t resist.
It’s 7pm and I’m hungry. My belly will become an hut to be filled up as hard as I can.
M’arimbarzi!
I challenge you! Your small and miserable strength will collide against my layer of unassailable rubber causing a rejection which I will hardly notice.
Casca a fagiolo
It works really fine! It comes at the right time. With exceptional timing and incredibly appropriate to the situation.
The origin of the expression is uncertain, but it is an ancient saying. Certainly the beans are good, cheap, and easy to find and a plate of beans is always good! Easy!
Buonanotte ai suonatori
And we leave, letting the band continue to play, with greater or lesser conviction we decide that for us the evening is over here.
It doesn’t matter if there is still music in the air. It could be with firm decision, we have decreed that there is still no valid reason to stay or it could be because, unwillingly we have to go home, time has come.
It is a way of saying that most of the time reveals a little resignation, meaning that there is not much more to do, the question is closed… and in the meantime, with or without us, the music continues…