as I live and breathe

Italian translation: mai in vita mia

10:09 Feb 10, 2009
English to Italian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: as I live and breathe
"Oh, Duke, as I live and breathe! I would have never expected to run into you in a place like this."
Ci sono due nobili che in un quartiere povero incontrano questo duca e dicono questa frase.
Grazie a tutti in anticipo.
Valentina De Amicis
Ireland
Local time: 22:42
Italian translation:mai in vita mia
Explanation:
"Oh, Duca, mai in vita mia avrei imaginato di imbattervi in voi in un luogo simile!"

Dal tono, propenderei per una soluzione volutamente affettata, ma il sugo è quello più sotto (e lo stesso concetto di Manuela)

"his expression is generally used to emphasize the truth of a statement and has been so used since the mid-1600s"

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-02-10 10:19:55 GMT)
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imbatterMi :)
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Alain Dellepiane
Local time: 07:42
Grading comment
Grazie a tutti!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3per tutti i diavoli!
Cristina Mazzucchelli
3 +1che muoia sul colpo!
Manuela Dal Castello
3 +1mai in vita mia
Alain Dellepiane


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as i live and breathe
che muoia sul colpo!


Explanation:
nel senso: mai nella mia vita avrei immaginato.... hth

Manuela Dal Castello
Italy
Local time: 23:42
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AdamiAkaPataflo: avrei detto "che mi venga un colpo", ma il concetto è quello :-)
2 days 5 hrs
  -> grazie!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
as i live and breathe
per tutti i diavoli!


Explanation:
Io lo tradurrei così.

Anche se trovi qui http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/live and breathe
la spiegazione dell'idiom.

HTH!
Cristina

Cristina Mazzucchelli
Italy
Local time: 23:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sele
1 min

agree  Gianni Pastore: sì, un'esclamazione del genere la vedo bene in bocca a due nobili (piuttosto che un "corpo di mille impiccati", che fa già più volgo :)
2 mins

agree  AdamiAkaPataflo
2 days 5 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as i live and breathe
mai in vita mia


Explanation:
"Oh, Duca, mai in vita mia avrei imaginato di imbattervi in voi in un luogo simile!"

Dal tono, propenderei per una soluzione volutamente affettata, ma il sugo è quello più sotto (e lo stesso concetto di Manuela)

"his expression is generally used to emphasize the truth of a statement and has been so used since the mid-1600s"

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-02-10 10:19:55 GMT)
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imbatterMi :)


    Reference: http://www.answers.com/topic/as-i-live-and-breathe
Alain Dellepiane
Local time: 07:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 87
Grading comment
Grazie a tutti!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AdamiAkaPataflo
2 days 5 hrs
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