Jun 2, 2008 10:36
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Italian term
United Kingdom
cotto e mangiato
Italian to English
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Cotto e mangiato, direbbe Diego, a proposito del matrimonio con Stella. Appena il tempo di conoscersi, di scoprire che hanno la stessa vocazione che già arrivano i fiori d’arancio.
Cotto e mangiato, direbbe Diego, a proposito del matrimonio con Stella. Appena il tempo di conoscersi, di scoprire che hanno la stessa vocazione che già arrivano i fiori d’arancio.
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Paul O'Brien
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fell head over heels and found himself at the alter quicker than he could say Jack Robinson
it seems to me that by using the male form for both "cotto" and "mangiato" they are suggesting that HE went bananas for HER and that SHE subsequently snapped HIM up very quickly.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-06-02 15:33:01 GMT)
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oh yeah, that's "altar", not "alter".
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-06-02 15:33:01 GMT)
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oh yeah, that's "altar", not "alter".
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Krisztina Lelik
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Sarah D'Angelo
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Milena Bosco (X)
: I posted a different answer but I like this one as well :).
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potra
: I really liked the Jack Robinson bit! I knew it with Indiana Jones.
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what did IJ say? i don't remember that bit.
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Rachel Fell
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Rossella Mainardis
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Sofia Dervisi
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Shera Lyn Parpia
: the only answer that says it all.
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Pasquale Capo
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whirlwind romance
penso che sia applicabile in questo contesto, PC
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
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love at first sight
try this
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head over heels
As in innamorato cotto. He "fell head over heels" for her, or indeed, she caught him "hook, line and sinker", poor devil
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Note added at 53 mins (2008-06-02 11:29:14 GMT)
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The point of the phrase is that he's cooked (innamorato) and then he's mangiato (married). Perhaps "head over heels to the altar" which isn't a proper idiom but sums up his predicament
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The point of the phrase is that he's cooked (innamorato) and then he's mangiato (married). Perhaps "head over heels to the altar" which isn't a proper idiom but sums up his predicament
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to be madly in love with
to be madly in love with: essere follemente innamorato di > E' cotto di lei= he's madly in love with her.
sono cotto di quella ragazza: I am head over heels in love with that girl/ I have a crush on that girl [http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/C/c...]
cotto di: badly in love with
essere innamorato cotto di: smitten with [http://www.wordreference.com/]
essere cotto di qn to *be hot on sb; essere innamorato cotto (di) to *be head over heels in love (with) [http://www.hoepli.it/dizionari.asp]
sono cotto di quella ragazza: I am head over heels in love with that girl/ I have a crush on that girl [http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/C/c...]
cotto di: badly in love with
essere innamorato cotto di: smitten with [http://www.wordreference.com/]
essere cotto di qn to *be hot on sb; essere innamorato cotto (di) to *be head over heels in love (with) [http://www.hoepli.it/dizionari.asp]
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fate is sealed
Hi, have a nice evening.
8 hrs
in no time "flat"
this is a really tough one... the idiom "cotto e mangiato" means with no time in between, "in no time flat" as they say; but, used in this context, "cotto" also hints to "badly in love", and also "mangiato" can be stretched out to mean "married"... beside this attempt of mine (that is based on "flat" as an apartment, but that leaves out the "cotto" bit) I really like the Pauley's JR thing
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