Each Italian idiom below comes with what its words literally say, what it means and how other languages put the same idea. To see every language at once, open the side-by-side page for weather and places.
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lit. ‘it’s raining by the basin’
It is raining very heavily.
Elsewhere
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lit. ‘it’s a dog cold’
It is bitterly cold.
Elsewhere
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A casa del diavolo
lit. ‘at the devil’s house’
A very remote place, far from towns and people.
Elsewhere
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lit. ‘two steps away’
A very short distance away.
Elsewhere
- EN A stone’s throw
- FR À deux pas
- DE Ein Katzensprung
- ES A tiro de piedra
- JA 目と鼻の先
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lit. ‘it’s executioner hot’
It is extremely hot.
Elsewhere
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lit. ‘to be squeezed like sardines’
Packed tightly together in a crowded place.
Elsewhere
Phrases in bold with a red marker are written up. The rest are waiting for their own page and a check by a native speaker.