The Italian language is loaded with colourful (and downright bizarre) ways to express a point. Here are ten particularly imaginative pearls of wisdom. We've done our best to render these very Italian ...
When might you wish someone 'into the wolf's mouth' in Italian? Photo: Carsten Rehder/DPA/AFP Is it good or bad to be 'in the wolf's mouth'? What do people 'mistake fireflies' for? Why might you be 'a ...
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