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160 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Italian > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

rivedeva tutte le bucce

Context:

Ma la povera Mammina Graziosa si avvide che dietro le spiegazioni ufficiali v'era un unico

Keywords:

..., vero motivo alla base dell'ostracismo inflittole: v'era la stizza di persone che erano stanche di essere controlate rumorosamente da una modesta signorina americana, che rivedeva tutte le bucce e che non era nè bella, nè ricca, nè influente...An American Red Cross worker who advocated for the war wounded in Italy (World War I).

 

 

The answer of   See profile was rated best

...,who examined everything and everybody in a catty and nit-picking way...

My comment:

rivedere le bucce: esaminare con pignoleria malevola un lavoro svolto

My references:

http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_italiano/B/buccia.shtml