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pigro come un ghiro

English translation: couch potato

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14:03 Jun 12, 2009

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang / blog per bambini

Italian term or phrase: pigro come un ghiro

come lo tradurreste?
anche in inglese deve mantenere un certo colore, considerando che si tratta di un blog rivolto ai bambini e bambine tra i 6 e i 14 anni

Chiara2 KudoZ activity Questions: 78 (11 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 4 Italy
Local time: 19:16

English translation:couch potato

Explanation:

Selected response from:

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 19:16

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

lazybones

pallavik

4 +1

couch potato

Oliver Lawrence

lazy as a sloth

Maria Vita Licata

3 +1

lazy as a dormouse/sloth

Oana Popovici

lazy as lazy cats are

Mirra_

lazy dormouse

Giuseppe Bellone

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

lazybones

Explanation:
See if you like this one...

pallavik
Local time: 18:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian

24 mins confidence:

lazy dormouse

Explanation:
E' solo un montaggio di parole, ma mi piacerebbe. Gusto personale. Concordo con Arrigo e Pallavik

Giuseppe Bellone
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of:

Italian

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

lazy as a dormouse/sloth

Explanation:
Vedo che si usa anche "dormouse"-ghiro.
Oppure "sloth"- bradipo.

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="lazy as a dormouse"&met...
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="lazy as a sloth"&meta=&...

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Oppure "lazy as a log"
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="lazy as a log"&meta=
http://www.wordreference.com/iten/ghiro

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Note added at 26 mins (2009-06-12 14:30:28 GMT)
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Altre idee, alcune potrebbero magari andare bene:
http://www.english-for-students.com/Similes-L.html
• As lazy as a toad
• As lazy as a lobster
• As lazy as a ship in the doldrums

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Irlanda:
http://irish.spike-jamie.com/sayings.html
As lazy as a donkey

As lazy as a piper's luidin

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="lazy as a snail"&meta=
as lazy as a snail

Oana Popovici
Italy
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of:

Romanian

41 mins confidence:

lazy as lazy cats are

Explanation:
be' non sono madrelingua inglese quindi non improvviso ma mi sono incuriosita e ho un po' cercato in rete

da amante dei gatti questo mi paiceva molto
http://it.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2007100322574...

ma ce ne sono anche molti altri :)

As lazy as a donkey
http://irish.spike-jamie.com/sayings.html

As lazy as a cuckoo. (Wont even bring up their own kids).
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question4...

lazy as a hound dog in the sun
http://books.google.it/books?id=ioHbdtjIKJgC&pg=PA213&lpg=PA...

lazy as a well-fed pythons, stretching out in the sun.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3107718

As lazy as Ludlam's dug, iha! leaned his head against a wall to bark
http://books.google.it/books?id=IbAQSTyJaoAC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA...

(il cane di Ludlam, una vecchia strega va fortissimo ma non so quanto sia realmente comprensibile per un bambino. Ludlam era una strega mi sembra e il suo cane pigrissimo. C'è anche
As lazy as Ludlum's dog, as laid him down to bark.)

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also... :)
The lazy cat
Many syndicated comics feature lazy cats, perhaps most notably Jim Davis' Garfield.
from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_stereotypes

Mirra_
Italy
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of: