Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
the only way is up
Italian translation:
non può che andare meglio
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Daniel Frisano
Feb 18, 2010 16:41
14 yrs ago
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English term
the only way is up
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
xxx' chairman and chief executive, xxx, thinks he can look at the year ahead with some confidence.
But the only way is up after what he went through in 2009, the year when the chickens came home to roost.
But the only way is up after what he went through in 2009, the year when the chickens came home to roost.
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Feb 20, 2010 15:39: Daniel Frisano Created KOG entry
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Daniel Frisano
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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non può che andare meglio
frase fatta per frase fatta...
Note from asker:
| Ciao Arrigo, grazie mille. Agostino |
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Comment: "Ciao Arrigo, ciao a tutti, grazie mille. Agostino "
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Claudia Cherici
Italy
Italy
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Italy
30+ years experience in tech translation
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
si può solo migliorare
il senso è questo, visto tutto quel che si è passato nel 2009 ora si può solo migliorare
Note from asker:
| Ciao Claudia, grazie mille. Agostino |
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| agree |
Mirra_
: visto che è personale ("he went through"), forse metterei "la (sua) situazione può solo migliorare"
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Françoise Vogel
"la langue révérée" ...
Native in: French 
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si puo' solo mirare alto / in alto
Per essere credibile il governo deve “mirare in alto”. Il primo bersaglio potrebbe essere il Consiglio Nazionale dell'Economia e del Lavoro ...
www.chiaralalli.com/.../leconomia-deve-mirare-in-alto.html
«Chi mira più in alto, si differenzia più altamente» Galileo Galilei. .... ad esigenze sempre maggiori dei clienti, orientandosi sempre più verso: ...
www.tesionline.com/__PDF/17137/17137p.pdf
Ho trovato utile il fatto di mirare in alto nei miei progetti, invece spesso l'ambiente in cui viviamo ci invita a mirare in basso. ...
www.difa.unibas.it/utenti/kuhtz/cur/CommentiStudenti_LFP_08...
MIRARE IN ALTO. L'euro forte ha portato a Londra, e in tut- to il Paese, una nuova ondata di consu- matori pronti ad attraversare la Manica per ...
rassegnastampa.unipi.it/rassegna/archivio/2009/07/16SIA4042.PDF -
Note from asker:
| Ciao Francoise, grazie mille. Agostino |
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Francesca Siotto
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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il futuro non può che essere in ascesa
una soluzione meno letterale e mantenere l'up dell'originale
Reference comments
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Reference:
a dramatic ignorance about Murphy's laws... ;)
...one could conclude
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=30&q="things...
anyway, what really raised my interest were these unfortunate chickens
if someone else was curious about them...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_the_saying_...
:)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=30&q="things...
anyway, what really raised my interest were these unfortunate chickens
if someone else was curious about them...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_the_saying_...
:)
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