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Government / Politics / La truffa dei semafori truccati | | Italian term or phrase: si rimpallano | | "I ricorsi sui "semafori truccati" costano. Ora sindaci e cittadini si rimpallano le spese." |
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| | play the game of hot potato... | Explanation:
... with the bill.
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... shoving the bill back and forth at each other.
Conflict is like a high-strung game of hot potato in which what you're shoving back and forth at each other is self-doubt.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ambigamy/201006/teflon-r...
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-04-06 11:56:33 GMT)
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Actually, I'd use 'chucking' rather than 'shoving', as used in the example quoted.
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-04-07 11:26:07 GMT) Post-grading
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