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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Che nessuno faccia il passo piu lungo della gamba.
o in English: (Literally) Don't take a step that's longer than your leg. (Equivalent) Don't bite off more than you can chew. Or look before you leap. Or, Don't cross your bridges till you come to them.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: La cativa lavandera che la trova mai la prea n'du lava i pagn.
o in English: A wicked laundress will never be able to find the stone where to hang her laundry.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
o in Italian: Acqua cheta rovina i ponti.
o in English: Silent waters run deep.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
In Italian: Avere l'acqua alla gola.
In English: (Literally) To have water up to one's throat. (Meaning) To be stuck in a bad situation.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Vado per elemosina per fare carita.
o in English: I beg, so I do good.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Il Signore chiude una porta e rapo una altra porta.
o in English: God closes one door and opens another.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Gli estremi si toccano.
o in English: Extremes touch each other.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: In bocca al lupa/ Crepil il lupo.
o in English: (Literally) Into the wolf's mouth/ May the wolf die. (Equivalent) Break a leg. Or, good luck! "In bocca al lupa" is often said to students before an exam, indicating that one realizes that they are going into a dangerous place [the wolf's mouth]; the students then respond to the expression of good luck by saying, "May the wolf die," meaning, that they hope they will do in the wolf, rather than vice versa. *
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Detto, fatto.
o in English: No sooner said then done.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Chi in alto va cade precipite volissime volmente.
o in English: The higher you climb, the faster you fall.
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