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Push comes to shove

Italian translation: la situazione peggiora / le cose si mettono male

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English term or phrase:Push comes to shove
Italian translation:la situazione peggiora / le cose si mettono male
Entered by: Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano

08:20 Oct 13, 2008
English to Italian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Push comes to shove
Purtroppo ho poco contesto perché si tratta di una canzone...

"Birdsong from above/ **push comes to shove** / soon you fall down from that grandstand"

Grazie!
cinziag
Local time: 20:26
la situazione peggiora / le cose si mettono male
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Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
Italy
Local time: 20:26
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Grazie.
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Summary of answers provided
4la situazione peggiora / le cose si mettono male
Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
4al peggio
Adele Oliveri


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
push comes to shove
la situazione peggiora / le cose si mettono male


Explanation:
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Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
Italy
Local time: 20:26
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
Grazie.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Fabio Barbieri: Normalmente la frase e' preceduta da "when" o "if", e vuol dire "nella peggiore delle ipotesi"
2 hrs
  -> Appunto, ma neppure il testo originale della domanda è preceduto da "when" o "if", e quindi non vedo il problema.
agree  Lavinia Tulone
3 hrs
  -> Grazie Lavinia
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
push comes to shove
al peggio


Explanation:
vedi anche: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/if/when push comes to sh...

Adele Oliveri
Italy
Local time: 20:26
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 36
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