Oct 21, 2013 09:24
11 yrs ago
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Italian term

un’aria che non ti dico

Non-PRO Italian to English Bus/Financial General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
A company's new owner describes his first encounter with the staff, who mistrusted him at first:

Proposed translations (English)
3 +7 you could cut the air with a knife
Change log

Oct 21, 2013 09:33: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Bus/Financial"

Oct 21, 2013 12:57: Sonia Hill changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Tom in London, Lara Barnett, Sonia Hill

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Proposed translations

+7
4 mins
Selected

you could cut the air with a knife

Assuming this is a reference to the atmosphere when the boss first met with his staff, then this would be a neat idiomatic equivalent. It would be helpful to have a bit more context though....
Peer comment(s):

agree Pompeo Lattanzi : Well put!
56 mins
Thanks, Pompeo!
agree Cristina Gonzalez
59 mins
Thanks, Cristina!
agree Yvonne Gallagher
1 hr
Thank you!
agree P.L.F. Persio
1 hr
Thank you!
agree Lara Barnett
3 hrs
agree Dr Lofthouse
5 hrs
agree EvaOddi
3 days 11 hrs
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