Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: foggy meaning

"All social niceties go out the window in a free for all that's best avoided
completely."
 the context:
Subway
Tokyo has an incredibly efficient subway, but the 13 lines are run by two
different companies, Toei Subways and Tokyo Metro, meaning a bewildering
variety of day passes are available. A good bet is the Toei and Tokyo Metro
One-Day Economy Pass, which costs ¥1,000 and gives you a day of unlimited
travel on all subway lines. During rush-hour the subway becomes an
unbearable crush. All social niceties go out the window in a free for all
that's best avoided completely.
any clue?

 that's best avoided completely.
social niceties = comportamento educato
go out the window = buttato via
free-for-all = un casino, un pasticcio, alla rinfusa
that's best avoided = sarrebbe meglio evitarlo
(During rush-hour) All polite behavior is discarded in a chaotic situation 
that one should avoid. 


I can see the light now. It remains a barbarian way of expressing oneself,
anyway :)
Thank you

 anyway :)
Non mi sembra particolarmente barbara. Magari informale e colloquiale, 
se vogliamo.
-- 
Don't f*ck with me bitch, I'm the mightiest sorcerer of the lands.

 -- 
If you want to see something "barbaric", look at how they treat subway
riders in Tokyo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axwMxUBL_ws

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axwMxUBL_ws
No need, I've witnessed it in person. :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axwMxUBL_ws
But they have the white glove.
-- 
Yatta!,
If a prior visits your world... leave.


cosě "in a free for all that's best avoided completely" ti sembra appena
colloquiale: accipicchia, che disinvoltura grammaticale!


Maybe they deserve such a treatment as they are the same people who hunt and
eat whales!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_X6VGOY4XI&feature=related

 colloquiale: accipicchia, che disinvoltura grammaticale!
Cosa c'è che non va in quella frase secondo te?
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 But they have the white glove.
*gloves
-- 
Yatta!,
Proud to be italian.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vGYHgXcGeE


They don't resort to such humiliation in the New York City subways.
Joe from Massachusetts

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Grammaticalmente va bene, ma andrebbe meglio con "free-for-all".
Joe from Massachusetts

 New York City subways.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsy3q4zE5Bs
LOL, It's quite like Milan subways, nearly identical.
Sorry, I don't want to interfere. It was only a thought.
-- 
Yatta!,
As usual, FreeBSD proved to be a rock-solid platform enabling us to
deliver content without incident.
(Peter Losher)


I like the Montreal subways.
"Métro users, over 16 years of age or accompanied by an adult, may transport
their bicycle from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and after 7:00 p.m. from Monday to
Friday as well as all day Saturday, Sunday and holidays, on the condition
that they board the first car of the train which can let in a maximum of
four bicycles."
http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-velo-m.htm
Joe from Massachusetts


ok, I give up


I wonder why they  don't simply increase the number of trains 


I am amazed by the dramatic number of idioms I don't know of