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157 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:

essendo ridotto al verde

Context:

Erano loro che cercavano di lui, perché anch'essi erano malati di desideri mondani. E lui.

Keywords:

...era in grado di soddisfarli. cesarino Celani, molto più vecchio di me (aveva partecipato all gurra del 1915-18) era un esteta ed un filosofo. Dopo quella serata lo incontrai spesso in società, dove ormai mi recavo quasi in veste di penitente, essendo ridotto al verde.

 

 

The answer of Robert Tucker  See profile was rated best

being reduced to penury

My references:

http://www.larapedia.com/modi_di_dire_significati/Essere_ridotto_al_verde_significato.html