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Dress to kill

Italian translation: essere uno schianto

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English term or phrase:	Dress to kill
Italian translation:	essere uno schianto
Entered by:	Flavia Cubeddu

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16:00 May 20, 2011

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English term or phrase: Dress to kill

Purtroppo non c'è contesto, poiché è solo un modo di dire. Pensavo a qualcosa con "mozzafiato", ma credo ci sia qualcosa di più corretto.
Grazie.

Flavia Cubeddu KudoZ activity Questions: 202 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (13 closed without grading) Answers: 24
Local time: 21:30

essere uno schianto/vestire con stile/elegantemente

Explanation:
When someone is dressed to kill, they are dressed very smartly.
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dress to kill.h...

3. smartly - in a stylish manner; "He was smartly dressed"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/smartly

Lo Zanichelli riporta:
to be dressed (up) to kill = avere il vestito delle grandi occasioni (o per fare conquiste)

http://www.ehow.com/how_5823506_dress-kill.html

Selected response from:

Pierluigi Bernardini
Italy
Local time: 03:30

Grading comment

Grazie a tutti per le idee. Mi piace anche vestire da urlo, ma credo che nel mio caso "sei uno schianto" calzi meglio.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

Vestire da urlo

EleoE

4 +6

essere uno schianto/vestire con stile/elegantemente

Pierluigi Bernardini

mettersi in ghingheri

Ivana Giuliani

Summary of reference entries provided
Vestire slendidamente	giuliacordelli

Answers

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

dress to kill Vestire da urlo

Explanation:
Anche mozzafiato va bene, comunque.

EleoE
Local time: 19:30
Native speaker of:

Italian,

Serbo-Croat

26 mins confidence:

dress to kill mettersi in ghingheri

Explanation:
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Note added at 27 min (2011-05-20 16:28:28 GMT)
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anche
farsi bello

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Note added at 31 min (2011-05-20 16:32:18 GMT)
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anche
vestire con ricercatezza/elegantemente

Ivana Giuliani
Italy
Local time: 03:30
Native speaker of:

Italian

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

dress to kill

essere uno schianto/vestire con stile/elegantemente

Pierluigi Bernardini
Italy
Local time: 03:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Grazie a tutti per le idee. Mi piace anche vestire da urlo, ma credo che nel mio caso "sei uno schianto" calzi meglio.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Francesco Badolato

1 hr

-> grazie Francesco

agree

ljane: si anche secondo me il termine può essere usato in 2 modi diversi-con stile ed eleganza o in modo per attirare l'attenzione dell'altro sesso...

2 hrs

-> grazie ljane

agree

tradugrace: anche "essere uno schianto" non è niente male. E' sottinteso che in altro contesto si potrebbero usare le altre tue 2 opzioni.

5 hrs

-> grazie grace, sì, sono due accezioni un po' diverse, ma qui in assenza di contesto potrebbero essere entrambe valide.

agree

Giuseppe Bellone

15 hrs

-> grazie Giuseppe!

agree

mariant: "uno schianto" è quello che mi piace di più, con il "mozzafiato" di Flavia

17 hrs

-> grazie mariant

agree

Sara Negro

21 hrs

-> grazie Sara

Reference comments

5 mins

Reference: Vestire slendidamente

Reference information:
http://www.wordreference.com/enit/dress to kill

giuliacordelli
Italy
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian

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