Heather Broster
Recently my son has become obsessed with the iconic film Muppet Treasure Island, which is celebrating its 30 year anniversary this year. Come vola il tempo! (How time flies!) If you haven’t seen it, it is definitely worth watching for Tim Curry’s performance. alone. One adorable mistake he always makes when talking about the pirates …
Today we’re going to take a look at a simple yet incredibly versatile Italian phrase: lasciare stare, which can also be written and said as lasciar stare. Literally, it translates as “to leave it to stay” (lasciare = to leave, stare = to stay/to be), but this obviously makes little sense in English. Let’s take …
Before or after uttering a common saying or proverb, Italians often like to drop in the idiomatic expression come si suol dire, much in the same way English speakers might make use of the expressions as they say or as the old saying goes. This idiom allows the speaker to prepare the listener or reader …
The other day, my son and I were in the living room, playing shop with his stuffed animals. At one point, he pretended that one of the toys walked out of his supermarket without paying for an apple, and in that moment, I realised I didn’t have a clue how to translate the word shoplifter …
Today, we’re going to look at a simple phrase that can be useful both for sincerely acknowledging someone’s good fortune and for making a slightly sarcastic remark about their happy circumstances, often with a touch of envy: Beato te! Beato te! Lucky you! Beato te! is essentially the equivalent of Lucky you! in English, with …
Have you ever found yourself with so many great options that you can’t decide which one to choose? If so, this idiomatic phrase will come in handy! Avere l’imbarazzo della scelta To be spoilt for choice Avere l’imbarazzo della scelta is the equivalent of the English idiom “to be spoilt for choice”. Both expressions mean …