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1 gallo
m cock* * *gallo1 s.m.1 cock; (amer.) rooster: gallo domestico, barndoor fowl; gallo di brughiera, moorcock; gallo da combattimento, gamecock (o fighting cock); combattimento di galli, cockfight; cresta di gallo, cockscomb // gallo cedrone, ( Tetrao urogallus) grouse (o cock of the wood o capercaillie) // il canto del gallo, cockcrow: ci alzammo molto prima del canto del gallo, we got up long before cockcrow // fare il gallo, (fig.) ( imbaldanzirsi) to strut (o to swagger o to be arrogant); fa il gallo con tutte le sue colleghe, he flirts with (o makes passes at) all his colleagues // non stanno bene due galli in un pollaio, too many cocks spoil the broth // essere il gallo della Checca, del pollaio, (fig.) to be cock of the walk (o a lady -killer) // vispo come un gallo, (fig.) full of beans◆ s.m. (st.) Gaul.* * *I ['ɡallo]1. smal canto del gallo — at daybreak, at cockcrow
fare il gallo — to show off (in front of girls)
2. agg invII gallo (-a)Storia Gaul* * *I 1. ['gallo]sostantivo maschile cock, rooster2.aggettivo invariabile sport3.sostantivo maschile invariabile sporti gallo — (categoria) bantamweight
••II 1. ['gallo]aggettivo stor. Gaulish2.sostantivo maschile stor. Gaul* * *gallo1/'gallo/I sostantivo m.cock, rooster; al canto del gallo at cockcrowsport pesi gallo bantamweightIII m. invfare il gallo to flirt with every woman; essere il gallo del pollaio to be cock of the walk\gallo cedrone capercaillie.————————gallo2/'gallo/stor. Gaulishstor. Gaul. -
2 ganimede
ganimede s.m. ( zerbinotto) dandy, fop, cock of the walk: fare il ganimede, to strut around (o to be the cock of the walk). -
3 essere il gallo del pollaio
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Cock o' the Walk — est un court métrage d animation américain de la série des Silly Symphonies produit par Walt Disney et sorti le 30 novembre 1935[1]. Ce film est inspiré de la fable Les Deux Coqs (1678) de Jean de La Fontaine[2] … Wikipédia en Français
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cock of the walk — A man who is excessively confident and thinks he s better than other people is the cock of the walk … The small dictionary of idiomes
cock of the walk — cock′ of the walk′ n. a domineering and overbearing person … From formal English to slang
cock of the walk — n. a dominating person in any group, esp. an overbearing one … English World dictionary
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cock of the walk — the leader in a group, esp. one with a conceited, domineering manner. [1850 55] * * * … Universalium
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