Lost in Literal

🇮🇹 Italian, taken literally

Essere come il diavolo e l'acquasanta

Literally

to be like the devil and holy water

What it really means

to be like oil and water, utterly incompatible

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Italian, taken literally

In bocca al lupointo the wolf's mouth Avere le mani in pastato have your hands in the dough Non vedo l'oraI don't see the hour In gambaon legs Acqua in boccawater in your mouth Prendere in giroto take [someone] in a circle