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1 incudine
f anvil* * *incudine s.f.1 anvil // essere tra l'incudine e il martello, (fig.) to be between the devil and the deep blue sea2 (anat.) incus*.* * *[in'kudine]sostantivo femminile anvil••essere tra l'incudine e il martello — to be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, to be caught between a rock and a hard place
* * *incudine/in'kudine/sostantivo f.anvil\essere tra l'incudine e il martello to be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, to be caught between a rock and a hard place. -
2 corno
m (pl generally le corna) hornramificate antlerscorno da scarpe shoehorn* * *corno pl.f. corna nel sign. 1; pl.m. corni nei significati 2, 3, 4 e in alcune espressioni idiomatiche, s.m.1 (zool.) horn; ( ramificate) antlers: corno di cervo, hartshorn; corna di antilope, antelope horns; uccise un cervo e appese le corna come trofeo di caccia, he killed a stag and hung up the antlers as a trophy // fare le corna, ( come scongiuro) to touch wood; ( come insulto) to give s.o. the V sign (o the fingers); ( tradire) ( di marito) to be unfaithful to one's wife; ( di moglie) to make a cuckold of one's husband // prendere il toro per le corna, (fig.) to take the bull by the horns // rompere le corna a qlcu., ( picchiarlo) to hit (o to beat) s.o. hard // rompersi le corna, (fig.) to get the worst of it (o to be defeated) // dire peste e corna di qlcu., (fig.) to slander (o to speak ill of) s.o. // alzare le corna, (fig.) to get on one's high horse // non vale un corno, it isn't worth a fig // un corno!, not at all! (o nonsense!) // a forma di corno, horn-shaped // e in alcune espressioni idiomatiche, corno da scarpe, shoehorn; corno di montagna, mountain peak; corni della luna, horns (o cusps) of the moon // corna di lumaca, horns of a snail // corno dell'abbondanza, cornucopia (o horn of plenty) // corni di un dilemma, horns of a dilemma2 ( materiale) horny matter, horn: corno artificiale, ( galalite) galalith; manico di corno, horn handle; pettine di corno, horn comb3 (mus.) horn: corno ( da caccia), hunting horn; corno francese, French horn; corno inglese, English horn (o cor anglais); suonatore di corno ( da caccia), horn blower; ( cornista) horn player; suonare un corno ( da caccia), to sound a horn4 (tecn.) horn: i corni di un'incudine, the horns of an anvil; (elettr.) corno polare, pole horn (o pole tip): corno polare d'entrata, leading pole tip; corno polare d'uscita, trailing pole tip.* * *['kɔrno]1. sm, corni pl mMus horn2. sm no pl1) (materiale) horndi corno — (bottone, manico) horn attr
2) famfelice? — un corno! — happy? — anything but!
3) Geog3. sm, corna pl f1) (Zool : di toro, lumaca) horn, (di cervo) antler2) famfare le corna — (per scaramanzia) to keep one's fingers crossed
PAROLA CHIAVE: corno non si traduce mai con cornfare le corna a qn — (a marito, moglie) to cheat on sb
* * *1) (pl. -a) zool. horn2) (pl. -i) (materiale) horn3) (pl. -i) mus. horn4) (pl. -i) (amuleto) = horn-shaped amulet5) (pl. -i) (di cappello, luna, incudine) horn6) colloq. (niente)7) geogr.•corno inglese — cor anglais, English horn
••fare le -a — (per scaramanzia) = to touch wood
fare le -a a qcn. — (gesto) = to jeer at sb. (with a gesture of the hand)
avere o portare le -a to be a cuckold ant.; mettere o fare le -a a qcn. to two-time sb.; rompersi le -a — to get the worst of it
* * *cornopl. -i, pl.f. -a /'kɔrno/ ⇒ 34sostantivo m.3 (pl. -i) mus. horn4 (pl. -i) (amuleto) = horn-shaped amulet5 (pl. -i) (di cappello, luna, incudine) horn6 colloq. (niente) non capire un corno to be thick as a brick; non vale un corno it's not worth a toss; un corno! my foot! no way!7 geogr. Corno d'Africa Horn of Africafare le -a (per scaramanzia) = to touch wood; fare le -a a qcn. (gesto) = to jeer at sb. (with a gesture of the hand); avere o portare le -a to be a cuckold ant.; mettere o fare le -a a qcn. to two-time sb.; rompersi le -a to get the worst of it\corno da caccia hunting horn; corno francese French horn; corno inglese cor anglais, English horn; corno da scarpe shoehorn. -
3 incudine sf
[in'kudine]trovarsi o essere tra l'incudine e il martello fig — to be between the devil and the deep blue sea
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4 battifalce
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5 bicornia
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6 incudine
sf [in'kudine]trovarsi o essere tra l'incudine e il martello fig — to be between the devil and the deep blue sea
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