English translation of "non restava sulle sue" - "was no bore, wasn't afraid to open up"

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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:	non restava sulle sue
Context:	In casa di un segretario d'ambasciata di Spagna, frequentatore di casa Colonna, invece,...
Keywords:	...Dino Alfieri si comportava da ragazzone felice. Non restava sulle sue.

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153 months ago

wrote:

He was more sociable. OR: He had a more sociable behaviour.

153 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

was no bore, wasn't afraid to open up

My comment:

non restava sulle sue opinioni, posizioni

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153 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

he did not rest on his laurels

My comment:

I think the meaning here is that he did not stay doing nothing; more context would have helped though, e.g. the the next sentence-did he boss somebody? did he act like a boss man?

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

he did not rest on his laurels

My comment:

I think the meaning here is that he did not stay doing nothing; more context would have helped though, e.g. the the next sentence-did he boss somebody? did he act like a boss man?

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