Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Equivalent phrase in Italiano (scusi lingua Inglases)

Ciao e tutti,
If someone talks to much,or is never quiet we say:
"he can talk the hind legs off a donkey"
Is there an equivalent phrase in Italiano I can use?
Grazie mille
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 "he can talk the hind legs off a donkey"
sei una pentola di fagioli...
or if he moves continously without having a break you can ask
"hai il ballo di San Vito?"
Raudo
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 "hai il ballo di San Vito?"
Mai sentite. Non nego esistano, ma - se le sentissi - non le capirei.
Sebastiano
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act natural. (out loud) Hey, Dr. Cox. Takin' a whiz? 


mmm...immaginavo fossero piu' diffuse,a questo punto credo siano tipiche
solo a Roma e dintorni...
/me perplessso
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 solo a Roma e dintorni...
Io le ho sentite spesso. Credo, però, che una pentola di fagioli sia una
persona che borbotta sempre, non uno che ti ammazza parlando per tre quarti
d'ora senza prendere fiato.
Ciao, FB
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"The doctors found out that Bunbury could not live, that is what I mean—so
Bunbury died".
"He seems to have had great confidence in the opinion of his physicians".
("The Importance of Being Earnest", Oscar Wilde)

 d'ora senza prendere fiato.
Confermo, a 300 Km da Roma ;-)
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Lorenzo Castelli
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 Is there an equivalent phrase in Italiano I can use?
Ha l'argento vivo addosso.
Ciao
Fabio 

In Naples we say too:
"Ma non sputi mai a terra!"
("But you never spit on the floor!")
I don't know if it's used in the rest of Italy.

 I don't know if it's used in the rest of Italy.
I don't know, but it feels like I am the one livin' on the Moon. ;)
Sebastiano
-- 
Kyle : Wassup my brotha from anotha motha? 

 I don't know, but it feels like I am the one livin' on the Moon. ;)
I feel like that too, especially when I hear of sayings like "ma che hai, il
ballo di san vito?"
I was going to fall from the chair laughing, even because it reminded me
(don't ask me how and why) of don Lurio doing ballet, rotfl =)

 (don't ask me how and why) of don Lurio doing ballet, rotfl =)
LOL
Sebastiano
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Vaughn : Thank you. I know. 

 I don't know, but it feels like I am the one livin' on the Moon. ;)
Well, in this case I never heard of it either... :-)
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That's why I said "in Naples"...
Anyway, I heard about "ballo di San Vito" ... it's kind of "tarantella" , I
guess.

 guess.
I have no idea. I know that "tarantella" is a sort of dance, but that's all
I know.
Sebastiano
-- 
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the mess you made in the first place. 

 guess.
No, it's an illness (St. Vitus' dance in English), also known as "corea
di Sydenham" in Italian.
I'm surprised it's so little known in Italy; it's well known in the UK.
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It's also known here in the US, and is often associated with rheumatic
fever in children. However, I haven't heard much about rheumatic fever
in a long time. The last person I knew who had rheumatic fever was in
my class in High School, and he missed several months of school.
St. Vitus was a Sicilian, so I'm surprised that the disease named
after him is so unfamiliar to Italians.
Since St. Vitus was a Sicilian, maybe there is some logic in comparing
his "dance" to the Tarantella. :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 after him is so unfamiliar to Italians.
The expression is well known: only I had no idea what the "morbo di San
Vito" was, thus I didn't know where to use that expression either.
Bye, FB
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 Mai sentite.
Genova, sicuramente usata e comprensibile

 Genova, sicuramente usata e comprensibile
A questo punto mi sa che sono l'unico a non aver mai sentito 'sto Vito. :)
Sebastiano
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Louise Jefferson : You make it sound like a disease! 


 Sapevo infatti che fosse una malattia. In effetti non si tratta di una
danza, ma l'espressione viene spesso usata per indicare movimenti bruschi e
disarticolati, anche mentre si balla appunto, equiparabili ai tipici sintomi
della patologia.
A proposito, la malattia si chiama così perché coloro che ne erano affetti
si recavano, sperando in una miracolosa guarigione, presso il santuario di
S.Vito, protettore degli attori e dei ballerini.