Usage examples of "dire straits" in Italian with translation to English

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Non ti avrei dovuto dire nulla. I shouldn't have told you anything.
Ho sentito dire che sei bravo a cucinare. I hear you are good at cooking.
Dev'essere stupida per dire una cosa del genere. She must be stupid to say such a thing.
Sei stato coraggioso a dire la verità. You were courageous to tell the truth.
Non usiamo il linguaggio solo per dire cose ma per fare cose. We do not just use language to say things, but to do things.
Tu sai che vuol dire AMP? Do you know what AMP means?
Faresti meglio a non dire a Tom ciò che ha fatto ieri Mary. You'd better not tell Tom about what Mary did yesterday.
Avete capito cosa voleva dire? Did you understand what he meant?
I genitori americani sono disposti a dire cose buone sui loro figli in pubblico. American parents are willing to say good things about their children in public.
Posso dire a mio padre cosa vuole? Can I tell my father what you want?
Mi lasci dire ciò che penso. Let me say what I think.
Mia nonna era solita dire che sarebbe vissuta fino a cent'anni, ma morì quando ne aveva 85. My grandmother used to say that she would live to be a hundred, but she died at the age of 85.
Non capisco cosa voglia dire. I can't figure out what he means.
Cosa posso dire su di lui? What can I say about him?
È molto maleducato da parte tua dire una cosa del genere. It's very rude of you to say a thing like that.
A dire la verità, non so che pesci prendere. To tell the truth, I am at my wit's end.
Tom decise di dire tutto a Mary. Tom decided to tell Mary everything.
Per ora non posso dire nulla. I can not say anything for the moment.
Vuoi dire che l'hai incontrata!? Do you mean you met her!?
Non posso dire il contrario. I can't say the opposite.
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