Compound Forms/Forme composte
kite | |
| Inglese | Italiano |
| black kite | (bird) | nibbio bruno nm |
| fly a kite v expr | (play with flying toy) | far volare un aquilone vtr |
| This breeze is perfect for flying a kite. |
| fly a kite v expr | figurative (test public opinion) | sondare il terreno, sondare l'opinione pubblica, tastare il polso del pubblico vtr |
| The company is flying a kite to see how consumers react to the new product. |
| L'azienda sta sondando il terreno per capire quale sarà la reazione dei clienti al nuovo prodotto. |
high as a kite,
as high as a kite expr | informal (extremely drunk from alcohol) | completamente sbronzo loc agg |
| ubriaco marcio, ubriaco fradicio loc agg |
high as a kite,
as high as a kite expr | informal (intoxicated from drugs) (colloquiale: molto drogato) | strafatto agg |
high as a kite,
as high as a kite expr | informal (overexcited in general) | su di giri loc agg |
| euforico agg |
kite mark,
Kitemark n | UK (quality label) (UK - marchio di qualità) | kitemark nm |
| The Kitemark shows consumers that a product conforms to the appropriate British Standard. |
| swallow-tailed kite n | (variety of bird) | nibbio coda di rondine |
