mandare giù
Meaning: To accept or tolerate something unwillingly, often swallowing one's pride or doubts.
Language: Italian
Literally: to send down
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: The phrase pictures the physical act of swallowing something difficult or unpleasant.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- battere i tacchi — To run away or flee hastily.
- a viso aperto — Openly and frankly; without deception or concealment.
- mettere le corna — To commit infidelity against a partner; to cuckold someone.
- senza capo né coda — In a senseless or disjointed way; without coherence, order, or point.
- unha e carne — Extremely close or inseparable; bound together in an intimate connection.
- morde e assopra — A cycle of conflict and reconciliation; repeated fighting followed by making peace.
More Italian idioms
- con beneficio d'inventario — To accept something with skepticism or reservations, not at face value.
- perdere il filo — To lose one's train of thought or become confused about a subject during conversation or…
- questione di lana caprina — A trivial or pointless debate that wastes time and produces no useful result.
- smemorato di Collegno — A hopelessly forgetful person.
- fare a scaricabarile — To evade responsibility by shifting blame to someone else; to pass the buck.
- alla carlona — In a careless, rough, or sloppy way without regard for neatness or precision.
From our tongue twisters
- Apelle figlio di Apollo fece una palla di pelle di pollo e tutti i principi della città di Capua la palpeggiarono. — A wall of 'p/ll/l/a' that seems to grow longer as you speak it faster.
- Se la serpe si avvicina alla siepe del serpente, il serpente scappa dalla siepe. — A sibilant 's/se/si/sci' minefield; both words (serpe and serpente) slither through the s…
- Chi è Ciccio Capece? Ciccio Capece è un capocaccia che caccia con la cacciaballa. — A 'c/ci/ccia' onslaught — Italian's hard and soft c in the same sentence, non-stop.