Ed ecco scoperchiato il calderone.

English translation: And here everything is revealed.

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Italian term or phrase:Ed ecco scoperchiato il calderone.
English translation:And here everything is revealed.
Entered by: Yasutomo Kanazawa

12:06 Feb 1, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture
Italian term or phrase: Ed ecco scoperchiato il calderone.
It is from an article on Alta Murgia.
Baresi84
And here everything is revealed.
Explanation:
If I translate the above phrase literally, it means "and here the big pot's lid is opened (taken)", but I don't think this would fit into the above. This is just my guess, but I think it is an idiom where it means everything is revealed, or everything is out in the open (made public).
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 13:58
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2to let the cat out of the bag
Therese Marshall
4 +2so the lid's off
Tom in London
4to open (a) Pandora's box
Sele
1 +1And here everything is revealed.
Yasutomo Kanazawa


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
And here everything is revealed.


Explanation:
If I translate the above phrase literally, it means "and here the big pot's lid is opened (taken)", but I don't think this would fit into the above. This is just my guess, but I think it is an idiom where it means everything is revealed, or everything is out in the open (made public).

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James (Jim) Davis
7 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
so the lid's off


Explanation:
nothing about cats and bags...

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-02-01 12:27:01 GMT)
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meaning: what was being kept quiet and under control until now has come out into the open and everyone's discussing it.

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Umberto Cassano
6 mins

neutral  Rossella Mainardis: since we do not have any context, even cats and bags might fit
1 hr

agree  James (Jim) Davis
7 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to let the cat out of the bag


Explanation:
This is normally the expression used when a secret or scandal has been revealed - however more context would be great!

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-01 13:40:40 GMT)
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Another possibility is: the cover has been blown :-)

Therese Marshall
Italy
Local time: 06:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mirra_: the cover has been blown ! :)
4 hrs

agree  James (Jim) Davis: "And now the cat is... " Not with Mirra_
7 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to open (a) Pandora's box


Explanation:
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Sele
Local time: 06:58
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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