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smuovermi nemmeno un millimetro

English translation: budge me an inch

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Italian term or phrase:smuovermi nemmeno un millimetro
English translation:budge me an inch
Entered by: Maria Burnett

15:03 Aug 31, 2020
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: smuovermi nemmeno un millimetro
xxxxxxxx si è arrabbiata parecchio perché avrebbe voluto esserci anche lei, ma non è riuscita a smuovermi nemmeno di un millimetro;

could not move me an inch? or could not move me at all?

referring to a patient ready to be discharged, trying to get up from her wheel chair.
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 17:29
budge me an inch
Explanation:
To budge may work here as it is often used in expressions that indicate a stubborn refusal to move.


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Note added at 18 mins (2020-08-31 15:21:59 GMT)
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budge /bʌdʒ/ verb [intransitive, transitive usually in negatives]
1 to move, or to make someone or something move
She leaned on the door, but it wouldn’t budge.
budge from
Will hasn’t budged from his room all day.
The horse refused to budge an inch.

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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 23:29
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3budge me an inch
Lisa Jane


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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
budge me an inch


Explanation:
To budge may work here as it is often used in expressions that indicate a stubborn refusal to move.


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Note added at 18 mins (2020-08-31 15:21:59 GMT)
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budge /bʌdʒ/ verb [intransitive, transitive usually in negatives]
1 to move, or to make someone or something move
She leaned on the door, but it wouldn’t budge.
budge from
Will hasn’t budged from his room all day.
The horse refused to budge an inch.




    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/budge
Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 23:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 496

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble
1 hr
  -> Thanks Michele!
agree  tradu-grace
2 hrs
  -> Thanks grace!
agree  Rosanna Palermo: I would not budge (by an inch two inch...irrelevant leave it out)
2 days 21 hrs
  -> Yes I would too, thanks
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