Good Luck Keep It A Secret To Be Broke To Tease Or Make Fun Of In A Heartbeat To Be Obsessed Costs An Arm And A Leg Once In A Blue Moon To Get Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed To Have A Finger In Every Pie To Be Plain-Spoken To Beat Around The Bush To Jinx Someone To Have A Heart Of Gold To Plant A Seed Of Doubt When It Rains, It Pours To Smell A Rat To Bore Someone To Tears To Nitpick To Throw In The Towel
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Tirare i piedi
Literally 'to pull the feet,' this expression means to bring bad luck to someone or to wish for their failure. It is often used jokingly when a friend predicts something negative will happen.
Examples in context
Smetti di tirarmi i piedi, andrà bene!
Stop jinxing me, it will go well!
Non voglio tirarvi i piedi, ma pioverà.
I don''t want to jinx you, but it''s going to rain.
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