you can't tuna fish

Italian translation: non puoi scordare il pesce

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English term or phrase:	you can\'t tuna fish
Italian translation:	non puoi scordare il pesce
Entered by:	Daniela Gabrietti

16:25 Sep 4, 2020

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English term or phrase: you can't tuna fish

What's the difference between a guitar and a fish?
Here we go...
Um, you can't tuna fish?

Questa frase è una parte di un famoso gioco di parole "You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish!", ma come renderlo in italiano?

Daniela Gabrietti KudoZ activity Questions: 1832 (10 open) (13 without valid answers) (121 closed without grading) Answers: 6
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non puoi scordare il pesce

Explanation:
puoi scordare la chitarra, ma non il pesce (che puzzerà)

letteralmente :

Puoi accordare una chitarra, ma non il pesce tonno
You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish!

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Note added at 23 mins (2020-09-04 16:49:15 GMT)
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scordare la chitarra = far perdere l'accordatura a uno strumento musicale

scordare il pesce = dimenticarlo

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Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
Austria
Local time: 03:32

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non puoi scordare il pesce

Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.

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non puoi accordare un tonno

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non puoi scordare il pesce

Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
Austria
Local time: 03:32
Native speaker of: Italian
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Grazie tante a tutti

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non puoi accordare un tonno

Explanation:
Puoi accordare una chitarra, ma ..

Credo che l'immagine dell'album (You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish) dei REO Speedwagon fosse proprio un diapason infilato nella bocca di un tonno, ecco perché lascerei 'accordare'.

https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000191546

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