Jul 8, 2012 16:13
12 yrs ago
Inglese term

on his hands

Da Inglese a Italiano Arte/Letteratura Generale/Conversazioni/Auguri/Lettere
"It is as if there were a communal fear that someone, somewhere in Las
Vegas, was going to be left with a totally vacant minute on his hands."
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Proposed translations

+5
12 min
Selected

ritrovarsi

Qualcosa del tipo:
Era come se qualcuno... ... ... si potesse ritrovare un minuto totalmente libero".
"left with" + "on his hands" indica il concetto di "e non sapere cosa farsene" o l'improbabilità dell'evento ipotizzato o l'inutilità di quel che la persona si ritrova..
Chiaramente, più letterale sarebbe "ritrovarsi tra le mani".
Example sentence:

I already have a dog and a parrot. Today, my son brought home a stray cat. Now I have another animal on my hands.

Peer comment(s):

agree P.L.F. Persio : bella spiegazione.
1 ora
agree Andrea Alvisi (X) : Mi aggiungo alle lodi :)
3 ore
agree AdamiAkaPataflo : e io pure :-))
13 ore
agree Colin Rowe : Absolutely
15 ore
agree Sara Negro
19 ore
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
14 min

a disposizione

sarebbe rimasto con un minuto libero a disposizione.
Peer comment(s):

agree Giovanni Pizzati (X)
1 ora
Grazie.
agree Tony Shargool
1 ora
Grazie.
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2 ore

da riempire

il concetto è la frenetica paura di ritrovqrsi del tempo libero, come fosse considerato, in L.A. come da loser'. quindi riempire ogni minuto, sempre,
Anche 'A Disposizione' - di Arabella funziona.
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5 ore

d'avanzo/ di troppo/ in piu'

che potesse avanzargli un minuto
mi fa pensare che un solo minuto possa bastare per rovinarsi
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