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m cricketfig ( capriccio) fancy, whim* * *grillo s.m.1 (zool.) cricket: grillo domestico, house cricket; il canto del grillo, the chirp (ing) of the cricket // andare a sentir cantare i grilli, (fam.) to push up daisies // indovinala grillo!, (fam.) heaven knows (o who knows? o who can tell?) // mangiare come un grillo, to eat like a sparrow // il grillo parlante, Jimmy cricket; fare il grillo parlante, to be a know-all2 (fig.) (capriccio, ghiribizzo) fancy, whim, caprice: parla solo quando le salta il grillo, she talks only when she has a fancy for it (o when she feels like it); avere il capo pieno di grilli, to be full of whims; spero non ti passino altri grilli per la testa, I hope you don't get any more strange ideas into your head3 (region.) (pallino) (al gioco delle bocce) jack; (al gioco del biliardo) red ball.* * *['grillo]sostantivo maschile1) (insetto) cricket2) fig. (ghiribizzo) whim, caprice, fancygli è saltato il grillo di fare — he had the strange idea to do, he has taken it into his head to do
••un grillo parlante — a know-all BE, a know-it-all AE
* * *grillo/'grillo/sostantivo m.1 (insetto) cricket2 fig. (ghiribizzo) whim, caprice, fancy; gli è saltato il grillo di fare he had the strange idea to do, he has taken it into his head to do; avere -i per la testa to be full of strange ideasun grillo parlante a know-all BE, a know-it-all AE; indovinala grillo! it's anybody's guess! your guess is as good as mine!
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