Italian idioms

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This blog post is all about the Italian verb ESSERE! It has notes for its use, Italian expressions and idioms with ESSERE, and a free Italian verb conjugation chart that you can download and use as a reference sheet. -- AVERE and DIRE free printable also available! #happymaplelanguageco #teachersofinstagram #learnitalian #italianverbs #italianverbconjugation #languagelearning #studygram #freebies #freestuff #italianlanguage #learnitalianonline #printables #education #teacher #iteach

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If you want to sound like an Italian and know more about their culture, you should learn expressions like fare i conti senza l’oste or trovare il pelo nell’uovo. Let’s take a look at the most common Italian idioms: words and expressions that have a different meaning compared to their literal translations. 1. Fare i ... Read more

You’re chatting with your friend about someone when suddenly and unexpectedly, that person appears around the corner. There’s a perfect Italian idiom to describe this kind of encounter: “Parli del diavolo e spuntano le corna” which translates to “Speak of the devil and the horns appear.“ This well-known idiomatic expression serves as a playful means ... Read more

Italians love their food idioms, so much so that even the humble broth (brodo) has made its way into an everyday expression! Tutto fa brodo literally translates to “everything makes broth“. Just as any kind of vegetable or meat can become broth when boiled, any contribution to a goal or cause, no matter how small, ... Read more

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In the sport of boxing, boxers, their trainers, or their corner attendants, would throw the sponge or towel used to wipe the boxer’s face into the ring to signal defeat and the end of the fight. This act produced the idiomatic sayings gettare la spugna (literally “to throw the sponge”) in Italian, and to throw ... Read more

An Italian idiom I learned from my husband early on in our relationship is arrampicarsi sugli specchi, which literally translates to climbing on mirrors. (And yes, before you ask, this is something of which I am guilty at times!) arrampicarsi sugli specchi to make desperate excuses to justify oneself or a situation Figuratively, it refers ... Read more