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mirando nel mucchio

English translation: acting somewhat indiscriminately/ tarring everyone with the same brush

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12:48 Jan 27, 2012

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Italian term or phrase: mirando nel mucchio

"La Guardia di Finanza, mirando nel mucchio, non ne ha tenuto conto ed ha notificato ugualmente la contestazione, demandando sostanzialmente all’Agenzia delle Entrate di Lecce il compito di decidere se emettere o meno l’ordinanza di applicazione delle sanzioni."

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Lydia2011

English translation:acting somewhat indiscriminately/ tarring everyone with the same brush

Explanation:
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Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 19:58

Grading comment

"Acting somewhat indiscriminately" was perfect here. Thank you Oliver and thank you to everyone else for your contributions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

acting somewhat indiscriminately/ tarring everyone with the same brush

Oliver Lawrence

4 +1

scattergun tactics

Giles Watson

to accuse at random

Glinda

shot in the dark

LaraBarnett

3 +1

not pinpointing anyone in particular

BdiL

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

acting somewhat indiscriminately/ tarring everyone with the same brush

Explanation:
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Reference: http://garzantilinguistica.sapere.it/it/traduzione/en/lemma/...

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 19:58
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 59

Grading comment

"Acting somewhat indiscriminately" was perfect here. Thank you Oliver and thank you to everyone else for your contributions.

36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

not pinpointing anyone in particular

Explanation:
MAu

BdiL
Local time: 19:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

scattergun tactics

Explanation:
You could reformulate along the lines of "the financial police adopted scattergun tactics, ignoring this and..."

Giles Watson
Local time: 19:58
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

19 hrs confidence:

shot in the dark

Explanation:
This is a well known idiom which can be used to cover such an idea:

"'A shot in the dark' is simply a hopeful attempt to hit an enemy that you can't see."
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/318950.html

"shot in the dark Informal
1. A wild unsubstantiated guess.
2. An attempt that has little chance of succeeding."
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shot in the dark

Could be rendered as "...shooting in the dark"

LaraBarnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:58
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day1 hr confidence:

to accuse at random

Explanation:
Un'altra proposta.

Glinda
Local time: 19:58
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

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