Italian: cambino di segnoEnglish translation: roles are reversed 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Italian term or phrase: | cambino di segno | | English translation: | roles are reversed | | Entered by: | lizzy g |
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Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | | Italian term or phrase: cambino di segno | Penso a due destini che si incrociano e che le parti (quasi madre/mecenate – pupillo) cambino di segno quando si rincontano, dopo rispettive vicissitudini, a Roma nel 1602.
I think of the two destinies that entangled and the respective parties (almost mother/patron of art) exchanged signs (???) when they met up again...
(another example of the occurance of 'segno' - anche se di segno opposto - is found in my previous post)
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| | | (parts/roles) are reversed | Explanation:
Literally means that "+" becomes "-" and "-" becomes "+". Here, the idea is that their roles in the relationship (or their parts in the story) are reversed. |
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Giorgio Testa
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| (parts/roles) are reversed
Explanation:
Literally means that "+" becomes "-" and "-" becomes "+". Here, the idea is that their roles in the relationship (or their parts in the story) are reversed.
| Giorgio Testa
Italy
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PRO pts in category: 8
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