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m salt* * *sale s.m.1 salt: sali ( aromatici), smelling salts; sali da bagno, bath salts; sale da cucina, kitchen salt; sale da tavola, fine, table salt; sale grosso, coarse salt; sale inglese, amaro, Epsom salts; un pizzico, un pugno di sale, a pinch, a fistful of salt; essere giusto di sale, to be salty enough; è giusto di sale lo stufato?, is the stew salty enough?; la minestra è dolce di sale, there isn't enough salt in the soup; sapere di sale, to taste salty; sotto sale, salted; acciughe sotto sale, salted anchovies; senza sale, without salt, (fig.) insipid; è scritto senza sale, it's an insipid piece of writing // restare di sale, to be dumbfounded (o flabbergasted) // (chim.): sale basico, basic salt; sale di Glauber, Glauber's salt; sale di Rochelle, Rochelle salt2 ( buon senso) common sense, mother-wit: è un uomo che ha sale in zucca, he's got plenty of common sense // prendere qlco. con un grano di sale, to take sthg. with a pinch of salt* * *['sale]1. sm1) (gen) salt2)sali smpl — (Med : da annusare) smelling salts
2.* * *['sale] 1.sostantivo maschile1) salt2) fig. (arguzia, mordacità) piquancy, wit2.- i da bagno — bath salts
- i inglesi — Epsom salts
••restare o rimanere di sale to be dumbfounded; avere sale in zucca — to have common sense o gumption colloq.
* * *sale/'sale/I sostantivo m.1 salt; dieta senza sale salt-free diet; pane senza sale unsalted bread; acciughe sotto sale salted anchovies2 fig. (arguzia, mordacità) piquancy, witII sali m.pl.farm. salts; (da annusare) smelling saltscapelli sale e pepe pepper-and-salt hair; restare o rimanere di sale to be dumbfounded; avere sale in zucca to have common sense o gumption colloq.\sale da cucina cooking salt; sale fino fine o table salt; sale grosso coarse salt; sale marino sea salt; sale da tavola table salt; - i da bagno bath salts; - i inglesi Epsom salts; - i minerali mineral salts. -
2 avere sale in zucca
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Gumption — Gump tion, n. [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. ge[ o]mian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.] [1913 Webster] 1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] One does not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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