"chisel at the bulwark"

Italian translation: minare le basi

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English term or phrase:	"chisel at the bulwark"
Italian translation:	minare le basi
Entered by:	cinziaorl

15:25 Apr 16, 2010

English to Italian translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / saggistica "politica"

English term or phrase: "chisel at the bulwark"

qualcuno mi sa suggerire una resa ugualmente idiomatica per questa frase? il contesto è questo.
"discovering the most effective ways to chisel at the bulwark of corrupt corporate media will require thought and effort."
grazie e buon weekend a tutti :-)

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minare le basi

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3 +5

minare le basi

cinziaorl

4 +2

scalzare le fondamenta

Françoise Vogel

3 +1

intaccare le barricate/erodere le difese

Vedran Smiljanic

mettersi sulla difensiva

Lucrezia Amedeo

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mettersi sulla difensiva

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Lucrezia Amedeo
Italy
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Native speaker of:

Italian

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

minare le basi

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cinziaorl
Local time: 00:01
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Italian
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intaccare le barricate/erodere le difese

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..."i modi più efficaci per erodere le corrotte difese dei media multinazionali..."

Vedran Smiljanic
Italy
Local time: 00:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Croatian,

Italian

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

scalzare le fondamenta

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Leone XIII Inscrutabili Dei Consilio
I nemici dell'ordine pubblico avendo conosciuto ciò, non ravvisarono mezzo più acconcio per scalzare le fondamenta della società che quello di aggredire ...
www.vatican.va/.../hf_l-xiii_enc_21041878_inscrutabili-dei-... -

non basterebbero queste a scalzare le fondamenta dell' opi- nione che qui combatto? ...
www.archive.org/stream/.../lestorienerbones03andruoft_djvu....

Françoise Vogel
Local time: 00:01
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 20

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