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# Il þeino sale stâþ dolce: equivalent to [[wikt:out of one's mind|out of one’s mind]]; literally, “Your salt is sweet”. | # Il þeino sale stâþ dolce: equivalent to [[wikt:out of one's mind|out of one’s mind]]; literally, “Your salt is sweet”. | ||
# Havere managos casos faul·lȯ dativȯ: equivalent to [[wikt:wear too many hats|wear too many hats]]; literally, “Have too many usages for the dative”, a joke about the many usages of the dative case in Luthic. | # Havere managos casos faul·lȯ dativȯ: equivalent to [[wikt:wear too many hats|wear too many hats]]; literally, “Have too many usages for the dative”, a joke about the many usages of the dative case in Luthic. | ||
# Sputâ la patata dȧ seinȧ monþȧ | # Sputâ la patata dȧ seinȧ monþȧ faur di rogiare: equivalent to [[wikt:speak up|speak up]]; literally, “Spit the potato out of your mouth before speaking”. | ||
# Rogiando dȧ diavolȧ: equivalent to [[wikt:speak of the devil|speak of the devil]], with the same literal translation. | # Rogiando dȧ diavolȧ: equivalent to [[wikt:speak of the devil|speak of the devil]], with the same literal translation. | ||
# Il pomodoro non taugit lȯ capocuocȯ: equivalent to [[wikt:clothes don't make the man|clothes don’t make the man]]; literally, “The tomato doesn’t make the chef”. | # Il pomodoro non taugit lȯ capocuocȯ: equivalent to [[wikt:clothes don't make the man|clothes don’t make the man]]; literally, “The tomato doesn’t make the chef”. | ||
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# Possere drigcare velenȯ ana þata: equivalent to [[wikt:bet one's bottom dollar|bet one’s bottom dollar]]; literally, “To can drink poison on that”. | # Possere drigcare velenȯ ana þata: equivalent to [[wikt:bet one's bottom dollar|bet one’s bottom dollar]]; literally, “To can drink poison on that”. | ||
# Il volfo danzat her: an expression for a great party; literally, “The wolf dances here”. | # Il volfo danzat her: an expression for a great party; literally, “The wolf dances here”. | ||
# Non vendere los seinos pomosdoros faur di maturanda: equivalent to [[wikt:don't count your chickens before they're hatched|don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched]]; literally, “Don’t sell your tomatoes before they’re ripe”. | |||
# Pizza buona non cambiat la ricetta: equivalent to [[wikt:if it ain't broke, don't fix it|if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it]]; literally, “A good pizza doesn’t change its recipe”. | |||
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