Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
botte di ferro
English translation:
to be on sure ground (o home and dry)
Added to glossary by
Nicole Johnson
Feb 7, 2007 08:43
17 yrs ago
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botte di ferro
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Anyone have a good equivalent in English for "botte di ferro"?
Ora, il Bjp è piuttosto in crisi di idee e di leadership. Ciò non significa, però, che il Congresso sia in **una botte di ferro*** e che la politica indiana viaggi su binari certi. Anzi.
Ora, il Bjp è piuttosto in crisi di idee e di leadership. Ciò non significa, però, che il Congresso sia in **una botte di ferro*** e che la politica indiana viaggi su binari certi. Anzi.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | to be on sure ground (o home and dry) |
Luisa Fiorini
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| 3 +2 | to be impregnable |
Valeria Faber
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| 4 | to be as safe as houses |
Pnina
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| 3 | to be sitting pretty |
Beatrice T
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| 3 | solid as a rock |
Emily Goodpaster
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Proposed translations
+6
1 min
Luisa Fiorini
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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to be on sure ground (o home and dry)
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-02-07 08:50:53 GMT)
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ho trovato anche *to be as safe as houses* e *to be as safe as the Bank of England*. Dal dizionario Ragazzini, Zanichelli
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-02-07 08:50:53 GMT)
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ho trovato anche *to be as safe as houses* e *to be as safe as the Bank of England*. Dal dizionario Ragazzini, Zanichelli
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Luisa!"
1 min
Beatrice T
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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to be sitting pretty
or:
to be safe as houses
dal diz. Oxford-Paravia
to be safe as houses
dal diz. Oxford-Paravia
+2
3 mins
to be impregnable
literally
2 hrs
to be as safe as houses
The expression "essere in una botte di ferro" is translated as "to be as safe as houses".
Reference: Webster's New World Italian Dictionary
Reference: Webster's New World Italian Dictionary
9 hrs
solid as a rock
I think 'on sure ground' works very well in this context. For fun, here's another 'stability' idiom...
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