Translations for bone idle in the English»Italian Dictionary

bone idle [Brit] ADJ inf

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I.idle [Brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l, Am ˈaɪdl] ADJ

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1. idle (lazy) pej:

idle person, worker

pigro, indolente

5. idle ECON:

idle capital

II.idle [Brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l, Am ˈaɪdl] VB intr

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1. idle engine:

idle

girare al minimo

2. idle person:

idle

III.idle [Brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l, Am ˈaɪdl]

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the devil makes work for idle hands prov

l'ozio è il padre di tutti i vizi

I.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

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1. bone:

bone (of human, animal)

bone (of fish)

bone (of fish)

made of bone

chicken on, off the bone

pollo con l'osso, disossato

to break a bone

rompere un osso

to break every bone in one's body

spezzarsi tutte le ossa

I'll break every bone in his body!

gli spezzerò tutte le ossa!

no bones broken

he hasn't got a romantic, jealous bone in his body

non ha un briciolo di romanticismo, di gelosia

he hasn't got a romantic, jealous bone in his body before n handle, button

2. bone (in corset etc.):

bone

II.bones N npl

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1. bones (animal skeleton):

3. bones (dice):

III.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

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1. bone FOOD:

bone joint, chicken

spinare, diliscare, togliere le spine a

2. bone (reinforce):

bone corset, bodice

rinforzare con stecche

IV.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn]

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bone of contention

oggetto del contendere or pomo della discordia

close to the bone (wounding)

close to the bone (racy)

sconcio or volgare

to be a bag of bones

essere pelle e ossa

to cut sth to the bone

ridurre qc all'osso

to feel sth in one's bones

sentirsi qc nelle ossa

to have a bone to pick with sb

avere una questione da sistemare con qn

to make no bones about sth

non farsi scrupoli di qc

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) prov

raglio d'asino non sale al cielo

to work one's fingers to the bone

lavorare sodo or sgobbare

Translations for bone idle in the English»Italian Dictionary

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I.idle [ˈaɪ·dl] ADJ

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1. idle (lazy):

idle

2. idle (not busy):

idle

idle machine

3. idle (frivolous):

idle pleasures

4. idle (unfounded):

idle promise

vano, -a

idle gossip

5. idle (ineffective):

idle threat

6. idle FIN:

idle capital

infruttifero, -a

II.idle [ˈaɪ·dl] N AUTO

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idle

III.idle [ˈaɪ·dl] VB intr

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idle machine

girare al minimo

idle person

I.bone [boʊn] N

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bone ANAT:

bone

bone (of a fish)

II.bone [boʊn] ADJ

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bone

III.bone [boʊn] ADV (as intensifier)

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stanchissimo, -a

IV.bone [boʊn] VB trans

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bone chicken, meat

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Work commitments, prior engagements and bone idle laziness can all be contributing factors to why a team can start a game a man or two down on the opposition. www.joe.ie

Dreadlocks are not so much a hair style as what happens when somebody is too drugged up or just to bone idle to cut or comb their hair. www.spectator.co.uk

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