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1 abisso
m abyss* * *abisso s.m.1 abyss, gulf, chasm: fra te e me c'è un abisso, there is a gulf between us; i profondi abissi dell'oceano, the unfathomed deep; gli abissi della terra, the bowels of the earth // essere sull'orlo dell'abisso, to be on the verge of ruin (o to be on the brink of disaster)2 ( inferno) hell* * *[a'bisso]sostantivo maschile1) (baratro) abyss, chasmessere sull'orlo dell'abisso — fig. to be on the verge of ruin o on the brink of disaster
2)3) fig. (grande diversità) gulf, chasm* * *abisso/a'bisso/sostantivo m.1 (baratro) abyss, chasm; essere sull'orlo dell'abisso fig. to be on the verge of ruin o on the brink of disaster2 gli -i marini the depths of the sea -
2 fra noi c'è un abisso
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