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Proverbi
Italiani - Italian Proverbs
Italian: La gatta frettolosa
fece i gattini ciechi.
The hurried cat produced blind
kittens.
Italian: La prima è
matrimonio, la seconda compania, la terza un'eresia.
The first woman you marry is your wife, the second a companion,
the third is nonsense.
Italian: "Vorrei sapere come si dice"
"What goes around comes around"
Italian: "A rubar poco si
va in galera, a rubar tanto si fa cariera"
"Steal a little, go to jail; steal a lot, make a career of it."
Sicilian:
"Tanto vasci' a quattur' o puzzu fin' che si spezza."
"The pot goes down into the well so many times and then it
finally breaks."Neapolitan: "I guai
della pigniata sabe sol' o cucchiao."
"The troubles deep in the pot are known only by the spoon."
Italian: "Esse nufesso
qui dice male di macaruni."
"Who speaks badly of Macaroni is a fool."
"When the Italians got to
America, they learned three things:
- that the streets were not paved with gold;
- that the streets were not paved at all;
- and that they were expected to pave them."
Italian: "Quando Squaglia La Neve Si
Vedono Le Strunzie"
"When the Snow Melts You'll See the
____"
Italian: "Il Lupo Perde Il
Pilo Ma Non Il Vizio"
"The Wolf Loses His Fur But Not His
Habits"
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