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English translation: add fuel to the fire

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14:18 Mar 11, 2009

Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: piovere sul bagnato

rieccomi ancora qui con i soliti modi di dire.....
so che si dice "it never rains but it pours", ma non riesco a legarlo alla frase in cui si trova, che è la seguente: "E' normale che, nel caso si sviluppi un virus, l'utilizzo di un sistema di allevamento intensivo *faccia piovere sul bagnato*, aumentando esponenzialmente la possibilità di un contagio di massa".
La mia traduzione: "Obviously, in case of a virus, the use of an intensive breeding system....." e non so come continuare...
grazie mille in anticipo!

Marika Costantini KudoZ activity Questions: 406 (2 open) (30 closed without grading) Answers: 542 Italy
Local time: 05:54

English translation:add fuel to the fire

Explanation:
I guess you don't need to keep the "raining" theme

Selected response from:

Vittorina Klingbeil
Germany
Local time: 05:54

Grading comment

è perfetta! grazie mille vittorina e grazie a tutti!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

add fuel to the fire

Vittorina Klingbeil

It never rains but it pours

fbbest

4 +1

makes matters worse

Tom in London

make worse come to worst

Michael Korovkin

3 +1

makes things worse

Connie De Vincentiis

makes a bad thing worse

Kate Chaffer

to exacerbate - to worsen

Cristina Giannetti

to make things worse

Marco Solinas

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

7 mins confidence:

makes a bad thing worse

Explanation:
A suggestion.

Kate Chaffer
Italy
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

English

9 mins confidence:

to exacerbate - to worsen

Explanation:
un termine di questo tipo..

Cristina Giannetti
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

Italian

10 mins confidence:

to make things worse

Explanation:
It definitely means "to make things worse", or "aggravate the situation", but I am not sure that there is an equivalent expression in English

Marco Solinas
Local time: 20:54
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

makes things worse

Explanation:
non cercherei una frase fatta nel tuo caso...
potrebbe andare bene cosi

Connie De Vincentiis
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

add fuel to the fire

Explanation:
I guess you don't need to keep the "raining" theme

Vittorina Klingbeil
Germany
Local time: 05:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

è perfetta! grazie mille vittorina e grazie a tutti!

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

makes matters worse

Explanation:
(in your context)

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

3 hrs confidence:

It never rains but it pours

Explanation:
There is a "similar" idiomatic expression in English.

It never rains but it pours.

Prov. Good (or bad) things do not just happen a few at a time, but in large numbers all at once.

Regards

Francesca

Example sentence(s):

Fred: I can\\\\\\\'t believe this. This morning I had a flat tire. When I went to the garage to get the tire patched, I discovered I didn\\\\\\\'t have any money, and I couldn\\\\\\\'t even charge it because my credit card\\\\\\\'s expired. Jane: It never

Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/

fbbest
Italy
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

Italian

6 hrs confidence:

make worse come to worst

Explanation:
Lit.: "when it rains it pours"

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

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