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153 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:

ebbe buon giuoco

Context:

E siccome Dino Philipson era passato per la sua insofferanza di idoli al di fuori di se...

Keywords:

...stesso, contro il fascismo e contro Mussolini in particolare, il marchese Giacomo Medici, quale sottosegretario alla presidenza del consiglio e collaboratore intimo del duce, ebbe buon giuoco quando si trattò di assegnare Dino Philipson al confino di polizia per antifascismo dichiarato.

 

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153 months ago

  See profile wrote:

had it easy

153 months ago

  See profile wrote:

...made a strike when it came to...

My comment:

The idea is:
...was successful when...
...succeeded in...

My references:

Insieme delle carte che ha in mano un giocatore: avere un buon g.
‖ fig. Avere buon gioco su qualcuno, essere in vantaggio nei suoi confronti

Source: http://www.grandidizionari.it/Dizionario_Italiano/parola/g/gioco.aspx?query=gioco

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153 months ago

Giorgio Vellani  See profile wrote:

he have it easy when........

153 months ago

Giorgio Vellani  See profile wrote:

he had a lot of fun(literally)/it really amused him(sarcastically)

My comment:

it gave him great pleasure (to assign him to that post )
Do I understand it correctly? Dino was against fascism so being assigned to a section of the police force that was against fascism, would have gratified both of them?

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

he had a lot of fun(literally)/it really amused him(sarcastically)

My comment:

it gave him great pleasure (to assign him to that post )
Do I understand it correctly? Dino was against fascism so being assigned to a section of the police force that was against fascism, would have gratified both of them?