come un restare sulla soglia delle cose - like hovering on the sidelines/threshold ( translation glossary) Other,Art/Literary

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Italian term or phrase:	come un restare sulla soglia delle cose
English translation:	like hovering on the sidelines/threshold
Entered by:	Christina Townsend

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07:11 Feb 21, 2006

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Italian term or phrase: come un restare sulla soglia delle cose

A piece about about the difficulties of adolescence and the conflictual relationship X has with his parents - "Come un restare sulla soglia delle cose, un perdersi e ritrovarsi."

Juliet Halewood KudoZ activity Questions: 525 (10 open) (20 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 199 Italy
Local time: 15:17

Clarification request(s) and response

Christina Townsend: 07:15 Feb 21, 2006: hi Jules, is it possible to have more of the text the sentence was taken from? -

like hovering on the sidelines

Explanation:
a suggestion ;)
"..like hovering on the sidelines, losing then finding oneself again"

Selected response from:

Christina Townsend
Italy
Local time: 15:17

Note from asker to answerer

Went for "hovering on the threshold" - thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

like hovering on the sidelines

Christina Townsend

as staying on the shadowline of things

galway

remain (stuck) on the the doorstep, to lose and regain oneself

oldnick

be on the verge of things

Herta Rudolph

3 -1

sitting on the fence

Shera Lyn Parpia

like staying at the threshold of things

GAR

Answers

40 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

sitting on the fence

Explanation:
I imagine this means "neither in nor out". You copuld also say"on the threshold" "Sitting on the fence" may not be the exact term either because I think it implies intention of the doer, but I can't think of anything better right now.

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 39

49 mins confidence:

remain (stuck) on the the doorstep, to lose and regain oneself

Explanation:

hesistate to enter into acting or whatever, refrain from acting

oldnick
Russian Federation
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

51 mins confidence:

be on the verge of things

Explanation:
-

Herta Rudolph
Italy
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of:

Italian

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

like hovering on the sidelines

Explanation:
a suggestion ;)
"..like hovering on the sidelines, losing then finding oneself again"

Christina Townsend
Italy
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Note from asker to answerer

Went for "hovering on the threshold" - thanks!

2 hrs confidence:

like staying at the threshold of things

Explanation:
cheers

GAR
Italy
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 24

7 hrs confidence:

as staying on the shadowline of things

Explanation:
il termine usato da Conrad dà l'idea

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Note added at 7 hrs (2006-02-21 14:24:08 GMT)
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like staying.....

galway
Italy
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of:

Italian

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Italian: come un restare sulla soglia delle cose

English translation: like hovering on the sidelines/threshold