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m devilun buon diavolo a good fellowmandare qualcuno al diavolo tell s.o. to get lost* * *diavolo s.m.1 devil // avvocato del diavolo, devil's advocate // fa un caldo del diavolo, it's stiflingly hot; fa un freddo del diavolo, it's icy cold; un vento del diavolo, a heck (o hell) of a wind // avere una fame del diavolo, to be famished (o starving); avere una sete del diavolo, to be terribly thirsty; avere una fretta del diavolo, to be in a tearing hurry; avere una paura del diavolo, to be in a blue funk (o to be scared to death) // fare il diavolo ( a quattro), to kick up a row (o to make a fuss) // fare un caos del diavolo, to make an uproar (o to raise hell o to raise Cain) // mandare qlcu. al diavolo, to send s.o. to hell // avere il diavolo in corpo, to be full of mischief // avere un diavolo per capello, to be furious (o furiously angry) // saperne una più del diavolo, to know one more than the devil // sapere dove il diavolo tiene la coda, to be crafty (o to be artful) // fare la parte del diavolo, to take the devil's side // il diavolo ci ha messo la coda, le corna, lo zampino, luck was against it // abitare a casa del diavolo, to live in the back of beyond // sono come il diavolo e l'acqua santa, they don't mix // il diavolo fa le pentole ma non i coperchi, (prov.) the truth will out // il diavolo non è così brutto come lo si dipinge, (prov.) the devil is not so black as he is painted // un diavolo scaccia l'altro, (prov.) one devil drives out another // la farina del diavolo va tutta in crusca, (prov.) the devil's meal is half bran2 (fig.) ( persona malvagia) devilish person; ( persona vivace) devil: quel ragazzo è un diavolo, that boy's a little devil; è un povero diavolo, he's a poor devil (o chap); è un buon diavolo, he's a nice chap3 ( in esclamazioni) hell, heck: per tutti i diavoli!, hell! (o good grief! o ant. devil!); al diavolo tutti quanti!, to hell with the lot of them!; va al diavolo!, go to hell! // dove diavolo eri finito?!, where the hell (o where on earth) did you go?!; che diavolo stai facendo?, what the hell are you doing? // ''Ti piace il mare?'' ''Diavolo!'', ''Do you like the sea?'' ''I'll say!''4 (zool.): diavolo spinoso, ( Moloch horridus) moloch; diavolo orsino, ( Sarcophilus harrisii) Tasmanian devil* * *['djavolo] 1.sostantivo maschile1) (demonio) devil, fiendmandare al diavolo qcn. — to tell sb. to go to hell
2) (persona)2.perché, chi, dove diavolo...? — why, who, where the devil o the hell...?
va' al diavolo! — go to the devil o to hell!
diavolo di mare — ittiol. devilfish
••a casa del diavolo — in the back of beyond, in the middle of nowhere
si parla del diavolo, (spuntano le corna) — prov. speak of the devil (and he is bound to appear)
* * *diavolo/'djavolo/I sostantivo m.1 (demonio) devil, fiend; fa un freddo del diavolo it's cold as hell; mandare al diavolo qcn. to tell sb. to go to hell; brutto come il diavolo as ugly as sin2 (persona) un povero diavolo a poor devil; un buon diavolo a good sort; i tuoi bambini sono -i scatenati your children are little pestsII interiezione(che) diavolo! what the heck! the hell with it! perché, chi, dove diavolo...? why, who, where the devil o the hell...? al diavolo gli scrupoli! to hell with scruples! va' al diavolo! go to the devil o to hell!a casa del diavolo in the back of beyond, in the middle of nowhere; (che) il diavolo ti porti! may you rot in hell! avere il diavolo in corpo to be like someone possessed; fare il diavolo a quattro to raise the devil; essere come il diavolo e l'acquasanta to be (like) oil and water; avere un diavolo per capello to be like a bear with a sore head; saperne una più del diavolo to have more than one trick up one's sleeve; si parla del diavolo, (spuntano le corna) prov. speak of the devil (and he is bound to appear)\diavolo di mare ittiol. devilfish. -
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m octopus* * ** * *['polpo]sostantivo maschile octopus*, devilfish** * *polpo/'polpo/sostantivo m.octopus*, devilfish*. -
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