flying through green lights

Italian translation: tutto a gonfie vele...

13:26 Jan 14, 2013
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: flying through green lights
Seems like a common way of saying.
Any suggestion?
Thank you.
Cecilia Negri
Local time: 09:26
Italian translation:tutto a gonfie vele...
Explanation:
beh, dipende sempre dal contesto della frase, ma generlamente significa che tutto procede bene senza intoppi, da qui la metafora dei semafori tutti verdi...
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Gisella Giarrusso
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5tutto a gonfie vele...
Gisella Giarrusso
5volando nelle verdi luci (di Marte)
MariaGrazia Pizzoli
2 +2fila liscio come l'olio
Elena Zanetti
3sfrecciando al verde/col verde
Giuseppe Bellone
3andare/ filare liscio come l'olio
Tiziana Amara


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sfrecciando al verde/col verde


Explanation:
Could be?

Giuseppe Bellone
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
tutto a gonfie vele...


Explanation:
beh, dipende sempre dal contesto della frase, ma generlamente significa che tutto procede bene senza intoppi, da qui la metafora dei semafori tutti verdi...

Gisella Giarrusso
Spain
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Giuseppe Bellone: Credo tu abbia ragione, dato il senso figurato. :))
13 mins
  -> grazie Giuseppe :D

agree  Ester Maria Formichella
1 hr
  -> grazie Shrew :)

agree  zerlina
7 hrs
  -> grazie Zerlina :)

agree  Magda Falcone
22 hrs
  -> grazie Magda :)

agree  Annamaria Arlotta
4 days
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fila liscio come l'olio


Explanation:
contesto??

Elena Zanetti
Italy
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agree  zerlina: :-))
6 hrs
  -> ;-)

agree  Magda Falcone
22 hrs
  -> grazie Magda!
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
andare/ filare liscio come l'olio


Explanation:
Anche per me risulterebbe più semplice interpretare il significato figurato con il contesto. Ad ogni modo se green light è sinonimo di via libera, benestare, da cui anche il verbo to green-light, l'espressione in oggetto significherebbe la totale assenza di ostacoli nel realizzare un fine.

Example sentence(s):
  • to give/ got the green light
Tiziana Amara
Italy
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neutral  zerlina: risposta gia data no?:-)
6 hrs
  -> quasi stessa risposta in effetti, ma desideravo dare spiegazioni in più ;-)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
volando nelle verdi luci (di Marte)


Explanation:
E' una provocazione, ovviamente, ma poi neanche troppo. Se di letterartura si tratta, chi lo sa che non sia fantascienza? E poichè stiamo tutti tirando ad indovinare, getto un dado.

MariaGrazia Pizzoli
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