licking the sweat off

Italian translation: come se avesse in bocca un sapore di morte

13:27 Mar 13, 2019
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: licking the sweat off
Periodo completo "It made her mouth taste like she’d been licking the sweat off dead things."
Secondo voi è da tradurre letteralmente oppure no?

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Alessandro Nosenzo
Italy
Local time: 17:00
Italian translation:come se avesse in bocca un sapore di morte
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Elena Zanetti
Italy
Local time: 17:00
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Le fece assaporare il gusto della morte
ELEHNA
3come se avesse leccato il sudore di
Francesco Badolato
3come se avesse in bocca un sapore di morte
Elena Zanetti


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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
come se avesse leccato il sudore di


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Non credo si tratti di una frase idiomatica e quindi tradurrei alla lettera

Francesco Badolato
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Le fece assaporare il gusto della morte


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ELEHNA
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
come se avesse in bocca un sapore di morte


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Elena Zanetti
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