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1 grillo
m cricketfig ( capriccio) fancy, whim* * *grillo s.m.1 (zool.) cricket: grillo domestico, house cricket; il canto del grillo, the chirp (ing) of the cricket // andare a sentir cantare i grilli, (fam.) to push up daisies // indovinala grillo!, (fam.) heaven knows (o who knows? o who can tell?) // mangiare come un grillo, to eat like a sparrow // il grillo parlante, Jimmy cricket; fare il grillo parlante, to be a know-all2 (fig.) (capriccio, ghiribizzo) fancy, whim, caprice: parla solo quando le salta il grillo, she talks only when she has a fancy for it (o when she feels like it); avere il capo pieno di grilli, to be full of whims; spero non ti passino altri grilli per la testa, I hope you don't get any more strange ideas into your head3 (region.) (pallino) (al gioco delle bocce) jack; (al gioco del biliardo) red ball.* * *['grillo]sostantivo maschile1) (insetto) cricket2) fig. (ghiribizzo) whim, caprice, fancygli è saltato il grillo di fare — he had the strange idea to do, he has taken it into his head to do
••un grillo parlante — a know-all BE, a know-it-all AE
* * *grillo/'grillo/sostantivo m.1 (insetto) cricket2 fig. (ghiribizzo) whim, caprice, fancy; gli è saltato il grillo di fare he had the strange idea to do, he has taken it into his head to do; avere -i per la testa to be full of strange ideasun grillo parlante a know-all BE, a know-it-all AE; indovinala grillo! it's anybody's guess! your guess is as good as mine! -
2 piede sm
['pjɛde]1) (gen) footavere i piedi piatti — to have flat feet, be flat-footed
essere o stare in piedi — to stand, be standing
alzarsi in piedi — to get to one's feet, stand up
ai piedi della montagna/del letto — at the foot o bottom of the mountains/of the bed
da capo a piedi — from head to foot, from top to toe
2) (di mobile) leg, (di lampada) base3)piede di porco Tecn — crowbar, (per forzare serrature) jemmy Brit, jimmy Am, Culin pig's trotter
4) Metrica foot5)avere tutti ai propri piedi — to have the world at one's feetlevarsi o togliersi dai piedi — to get out from under sb's feet
a piede libero Dir — on bail
mettere qc in piedi — (azienda) to set sth up
prendere piede — (teoria, tendenza) to gain ground, catch on
su due piedi — (rispondere, accettare) on the spot, at once
tenere in piedi — (persona) to keep on his (o her) feet, (fig : ditta) to keep going
non sta in piedi — (persona) he can't stand, (fig : scusa) it doesn't hold water
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3 piede
sm ['pjɛde]1) (gen) footavere i piedi piatti — to have flat feet, be flat-footed
essere o stare in piedi — to stand, be standing
alzarsi in piedi — to get to one's feet, stand up
ai piedi della montagna/del letto — at the foot o bottom of the mountains/of the bed
da capo a piedi — from head to foot, from top to toe
2) (di mobile) leg, (di lampada) base3)piede di porco Tecn — crowbar, (per forzare serrature) jemmy Brit, jimmy Am, Culin pig's trotter
4) Metrica foot5)avere tutti ai propri piedi — to have the world at one's feetlevarsi o togliersi dai piedi — to get out from under sb's feet
a piede libero Dir — on bail
mettere qc in piedi — (azienda) to set sth up
prendere piede — (teoria, tendenza) to gain ground, catch on
su due piedi — (rispondere, accettare) on the spot, at once
tenere in piedi — (persona) to keep on his (o her) feet, (fig : ditta) to keep going
non sta in piedi — (persona) he can't stand, (fig : scusa) it doesn't hold water
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