| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Italian term or phrase: | prendersi a forchettate una coscia | | English translation: | stabbing yourself with a spoon | | Entered by: | RosFlinn |
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Slang / colloquial e-mail | | Italian term or phrase: prendersi a forchettate una coscia | | This is in a list of things that constitute being romantic so I suspect it is not what it seems! |
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| | stabbing yourself with a spoon | Explanation:
I know that Americans use this figure of speech when something is so painful that they would much rather stab themselves with a spoon than doing whatever they're doing. A litteral translation of your sentence would be: stabbing your thigh with a fork. I hope either one of these helps you out. |
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Laura Palmer
Italy
Local time: 15:47
| Grading comment Thanks, both - it fitted with the other examples, though it's new to me Alfredo being romantic is to be in for suffering!!
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peer agreement (net): +1