fare la bocca
English translation: don't get your hopes too high
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| 06:49 Apr 6, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Aïda Garcia Pons United States Local time: 13:58 | ||||||
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| 5 | Don't take it for granted |
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| 4 +1 | count on / get used to / don't get your hopes too high |
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| 3 | don't count your chickens |
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17 mins confidence: 
Don't take it for granted Explanation: The translation I've found is "acquire a taste for something" (see web ref below), but in the context you've given I think they mean "Better not get used to it" or "Don't think we're going to make a habit of sending the goods early..." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 minutes (2007-04-06 07:08:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also here: http://www.kisanji.org/print.aspx?modulo=wikipedia&arg=Bocca... ...again, it means "abituarsi", to get used to something Reference: http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-italian/bocca |
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36 mins confidence: 
don't count your chickens Explanation: "...better not (to) count your chickens" (If you want to translate an idiom with an idiom) |
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22 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1count on / get used to / don't get your hopes too high Explanation: farci la bocca: bituarsi I think you could go for "don't count on it"... in this context it sounds better than "don't get seud to it" since we don't know when the stuff will get here. or even "don't get/have your hopes too high." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2007-04-06 07:12:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- farci la bocca= abituarsi. Scusa! http://www.homolaicus.com/linguaggi/sinonimi/hypertext/0560.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 47 mins (2007-04-06 07:36:32 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Grazie a te Romina. |
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