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Italian term or phrase:	....alzare il gran pavese
English translation:	raise the bunting
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10:32 Feb 20, 2006

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Italian term or phrase: ....alzare il gran pavese

Probabilmente, alcuni di costoro sono tra quelli che oggi si affrettano ad alzare il gran pavese, inneggiando alla sicura ripresa ed al recupero di un mitico eldorado

Kimmy KudoZ activity Questions: 513 (1 open) (2 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 730 Australia
Local time: 03:57

raise the bunting

Explanation:
Many examples in Google

Selected response from:

Chris Pott
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:57

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

raise the bunting

Chris Pott

4 +1

put up bunting/to dress ship

Theodora OB

to make (such) a fuss on, to praise themselves

Vlad Pappu

to get ready for celabrations

Daniela Zambrini

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

raise the bunting

Explanation:
Many examples in Google

Chris Pott
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks

10 mins confidence:

alzare il gran pavese to get ready for celabrations

Explanation:
Literally to Dress a Ship, in your case it seems to be used to express getting ready for celebrations.

GRAN PAVESE > Oggi il termine serve per indicare la gala di bandiere, o di luci, delle quali si usa addobbare le navi nelle feste o nelle solennità.

Dressing Ship and Holiday Colors
To "dress" or "full-dress" a ship is to hoist a display of flags in celebration of a festive occasion such as a national holiday
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Seaflags/customs/customs....
http://www.tpub.com/content/administration/12966/css/12966_1...

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Note added at 11 mins (2006-02-20 10:44:38 GMT)
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celEbrations....sorry! ;-)

Daniela Zambrini
Italy
Local time: 18:57
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

put up bunting/to dress ship

Explanation:
pavese is bunting; small strips of coloured cloth or paper, small flags, hung from strings to decorate boats, streets.
In this context it possibly means 'to celebrate'?

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Note added at 13 mins (2006-02-20 10:46:00 GMT)
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the idea of celebration is reinforced by 'innegiando'.

Theodora OB
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

English

4 hrs confidence:

to make (such) a fuss on, to praise themselves

Explanation:
In Italian, it was at the rise of the 20th century a common expression on conversational level, with scarce semantical value, but of great rethorical effect, a so-called emphatical artefact, a linguistic calcullum from the French feature "hisser le grand pavoise", litterally meaning "to hoist the master flag (of a ship)".

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-02-20 14:50:31 GMT)
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The context is not enterily specified, but one could deduce the minimizing auctorial intention.

Vlad Pappu
Romania
Local time: 19:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

Romanian

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Italian: ....alzare il gran pavese

English translation: raise the bunting