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English translation: safety net

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Italian term or phrase:	fieno in cascina
English translation:	safety net
Entered by:	Jenny Cowd

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07:55 Apr 7, 2011

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Italian term or phrase: fieno in cascina

referring to some new big orders for expensive machines:

E se xx dice di dormire benissimo anche nei momenti critici, c'è da ritenere che con questo nuovo fieno in casina possa quanto meno addormentarsi meglio.

I understand the meaning, kind of a back up, something to reassure him, but was wondering if anyone can think of a nice idiom in English to express it. Thank you!

Jenny Cowd KudoZ activity Questions: 380 (9 open) (14 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 3
Local time: 19:57

(some) money stashed away

Explanation:
Maybe this would reproduce the original meaning of "a safety net".

Selected response from:

Pompeo Lattanzi
Italy
Local time: 19:57

Grading comment

thanks, i think the safety net was the best idea!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

money in the bank

Tom in London

(some) money stashed away

Pompeo Lattanzi

cushion

Sylvia Gilbertson

nest-egg

Ernestine Shargool

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

money in the bank

Explanation:
try this

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

1 hr confidence:

nest-egg

Explanation:
To keep to the agricultural theme...

Nest-egg
Meaning: Savings, set aside for later use.
Origin: The allusion is to putting a real or china egg into a hen's nest to encourage her to lay. [...] The use of 'nest-egg' to refer to savings goes back to at least 1686. In 1927, Locke & Clarke printed a set of letters from that date, which included this:

"The rest, I perceive, he is not troubled should remain as a nest egg till a farther occasion."

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/255100.html

Ernestine Shargool
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 7

2 hrs confidence:

(some) money stashed away

Explanation:
Maybe this would reproduce the original meaning of "a safety net".

Reference: http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=1...

Pompeo Lattanzi
Italy
Local time: 19:57
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks, i think the safety net was the best idea!

4 hrs confidence:

cushion

Explanation:
I have a feeling there's something else out there that's right on the tip of my tongue, but this is as close as I can come right now.

Sylvia Gilbertson
United States
Local time: 12:57
Native speaker of:

English

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