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['mɪdl] 1.1) mezzo m., centro m.in the middle of — al centro di, in mezzo a
in the middle of the night — nel cuore della notte, a notte fonda
to be caught in the middle — essere messo in mezzo, trovarsi tra due fuochi
I was in the middle of a book when... — ero immerso nella lettura di un libro quando...
to split [sth.] down the middle — dividere [qcs.] in due parti [bill, work]; [ issue] spaccare in due [ group]
2) colloq. (waist) vita f., cintola f.2.aggettivo [door, shelf] di mezzo, centrale; [price, size] medio; [ difficulty] intermedio, medioto be in one's middle thirties — BE essere sui trentacinque
to steer o take o follow a middle course seguire o scegliere una via di mezzo; there must be a middle way — deve esserci una via di mezzo
••in the middle of nowhere — in capo al mondo, a casa del diavolo
* * *['midl] 1. noun1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) centro, metà2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) vita2. adjective(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) intermedio, di mezzo- middling- middle age
- middle-aged
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- middleman
- be in the middle of doing something
- be in the middle of something* * *['mɪdl] 1.1) mezzo m., centro m.in the middle of — al centro di, in mezzo a
in the middle of the night — nel cuore della notte, a notte fonda
to be caught in the middle — essere messo in mezzo, trovarsi tra due fuochi
I was in the middle of a book when... — ero immerso nella lettura di un libro quando...
to split [sth.] down the middle — dividere [qcs.] in due parti [bill, work]; [ issue] spaccare in due [ group]
2) colloq. (waist) vita f., cintola f.2.aggettivo [door, shelf] di mezzo, centrale; [price, size] medio; [ difficulty] intermedio, medioto be in one's middle thirties — BE essere sui trentacinque
to steer o take o follow a middle course seguire o scegliere una via di mezzo; there must be a middle way — deve esserci una via di mezzo
••in the middle of nowhere — in capo al mondo, a casa del diavolo
См. также в других словарях:
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be in the middle — be ( caught/stuck/) in the middle phrase if you are caught or stuck in the middle of two people who are arguing, you feel as though you are expected to support both of them Many children feel caught in the middle when their parents divorce.… … Useful english dictionary
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be caught in the middle — … Useful english dictionary