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1 piaga
f (pl -ghe) ( ferita) woundfig scourgeagitare il coltello nella piaga rub salt into the wound* * *piaga s.f.1 sore: il suo corpo era pieno di piaghe, his body was covered with sores // mettere il dito sulla piaga, (fig.) to bring up a sore point // riaprire vecchie piaghe, (fig.) to reopen old wounds2 ( calamità) evil, plague, scourge, curse: piaga sociale, social evil; la siccità è la piaga del paese, drought is the curse of the country; la piaga della disoccupazione, the scourge of unemployment // le dieci piaghe d'Egitto, the ten plagues of Egypt3 ( persona molesta) pest, pain, nuisance: che piaga!, what a pain! // cammina e non fare la piaga!, get going and don't be such a pain in the neck!* * *1) sore; (ferita) wound2) fig. plaguela piaga della disoccupazione — the curse o scourge of unemployment
3) colloq. fig. (persona noiosa) plague, pest•••rigirare il coltello nella piaga — to twist the knife in the wound, to rub salt into the wound
* * *piagapl. - ghe /'pjaga, ge/sostantivo f.1 sore; (ferita) wound3 colloq. fig. (persona noiosa) plague, pest; smettila di fare la piaga! don't be such a pain in the neck!rigirare il coltello nella piaga to twist the knife in the wound, to rub salt into the wound; mettere il dito nella piaga to touch on a sore point; riaprire vecchie -ghe to reopen old wounds\piaga da decubito bedsore; piaga sociale social evil. -
2 rigirare il coltello nella piaga
rigirare il coltello nella piagato twist the knife in the wound, to rub salt into the wound\→ coltello————————rigirare il coltello nella piagato twist the knife in the wound, to rub salt into the wound\→ piaga————————rigirare il coltello nella piagato twist the knife in the wound, to rub salt into the wound\→ rigirareDizionario Italiano-Inglese > rigirare il coltello nella piaga
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3 rigirare
1. v/i walk around2. v/t turn over and overdenaro launderrigirare il discorso change the subject* * *rigirare v.tr.1 to turn round; to turn again: rigirare la chiave, to turn the key again; rigirare qlco. tra le mani, to turn sthg. over in one's hands // (cinem.) rigirare la scena di un film, to reshoot the scene of a film2 ( circondare) to surround; ( andare intorno a) to go* round: un muro rigira tutta la città, a wall surrounds the whole town3 (fig.) ( far sembrare come non è) to twist; to distort: rigirò le mie parole in modo che io sembrassi in torto, he twisted my words so that I seemed to be wrong; è abile a rigirare le cose, a rigirare la frittata, he is clever at twisting everything around to suit himself4 (fig.) ( qualcuno) ( fargli fare quello che si vuole) to twist (s.o.) round one's little finger; ( abbindolarlo) to trick, to dupe, to take* in: sua moglie lo rigira come vuole, his wife twists him round her little finger; lo hanno rigirato ben bene, they really took him in◆ v. intr. ( andare in giro) to go* around, to walk around: rigirare per le strade, to walk around the streets.◘ rigirarsi v.rifl. to turn round (again): si rigirò per salutarla, he turned round to say goodbye to her; mi sono rigirato tutta la notte nel letto senza riuscire a dormire, I tossed and turned in bed all night without managing to get to sleep; non c'è spazio per rigirare qui, there isn't room to swing a cat here.* * *[ridʒi'rare]1. vt(gen) to turn2. vr (rigirarsi)(voltarsi: di nuovo) to turn round, (nel letto) to turn over* * *[ridʒi'rare] 1.verbo transitivo1)rigirare qcs. tra le mani — to turn sth. over in one's hands
rigirare la frittata — to toss the omelette; fig. to twist an argument
2) fig. to turn around [domanda, frase]3) fig. (raggirare)2. 3.rigirare qcn. — to twist o wrap sb. around one's little finger
verbo pronominale rigirarsi1)2) colloq. (raggirare)-rsi qcn. (come si vuole) — to twist o wrap sb. around one's little finger
••rigirare il coltello nella piaga — to twist the knife in the wound, to rub salt into the wound
gira e rigira — (alla fin fine) at the end of the day, all things considered
* * *rigirare/ridʒi'rare/ [1]1 rigirare qcs. tra le mani to turn sth. over in one's hands; rigirare la frittata to toss the omelette; fig. to twist an argument2 fig. to turn around [domanda, frase](aus. avere) girare e rigirare per i negozi to wander in and out of the shopsIII rigirarsi verbo pronominale1 girarsi e -rsi nel letto tutta la notte to toss and turn all night longrigirare il coltello nella piaga to twist the knife in the wound, to rub salt into the wound; gira e rigira (alla fin fine) at the end of the day, all things considered. -
4 coltello
m knife* * *coltello s.m.1 knife*: coltello da tavola, table knife; coltello da pane, bread knife; coltello da pesce, fish knife; coltello a serramanico, jack (o clasp) knife; coltello da tasca, pocket knife; coltello da caccia, hunting knife; coltello anatomico, surgical knife; coltello per trinciare, carving knife; mi sono tagliato con un coltello, I cut myself with a knife; affilare un coltello, to sharpen a knife; metter mano al coltello, to draw one's knife // guerra a coltello, war to the death // puntare il coltello alla gola di qlcu., (fig.) to put a knife to s.o.'s throat // avere il coltello per il manico, to have the whip (o upper) hand // nebbia da tagliare col coltello, (fam.) pea souper // mattoni a coltello, bricks on edge2 (tecn.) cutter, blade: (mecc.) coltello per finitura, finishing cutter; coltello americano, spokeshave; (agr.) coltello dell'aratro, coulter; coltello della bilancia, fulcrum; (elettr.) coltello separatore, disconnecting knife.* * *[kol'tɛllo]sostantivo maschile knife*coltello a serramanico — jackknife, clasp knife
••avere, tenere il coltello per il o dalla parte del manico to have the whip hand; rigirare il coltello nella piaga — to twist the knife in the wound, to rub salt into the wound
* * *coltello/kol'tεllo/sostantivo m.knife*\avere, tenere il coltello per il o dalla parte del manico to have the whip hand; rigirare il coltello nella piaga to twist the knife in the wound, to rub salt into the wound\coltello da caccia hunting knife; coltello da frutta fruit knife; coltello a serramanico jackknife, clasp knife; coltello da tavola dinner knife.
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