Frignone

Frignone

Frignone: Whiner. Cry baby.   Example: ‘Via basta, abbozzala frignone! Un tu sei un bambino, ci dovevi pensare prima di fare tutte queste bischerate!' (‘Come on, quit it, you cry baby! You aren't a kid-you should have thought about it before you did all of this

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Thu 05 May 2011 12:00 AM

Frignone

Whiner. Cry baby.

Example: ‘Via basta, abbozzala frignone! Un tu sei un bambino, ci dovevi pensare prima di fare tutte queste bischerate!’ (‘Come on, quit it, you cry baby! You aren’t a kid-you should have thought about it before you did all of this stupid stuff!’)

 

Sbuzzato

Untucked (with your shirt coming out of your pants).

Example: ‘Aspetta mi sistemo un pochino, sono tutto sbuzzato!’ (‘Hold on! Let me get myself together. I’m all untucked!’)

 

 

La superbia andò via a cavallo e tornò a piedi e senza una lira

(‘Pride rode away on a horse and came back on foot without a dime.’)

Common expression that wisely invites us to avoid haughtiness and maintain a respectful attitude towards others.  

 

 

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