English translation of "dalle costole quell'ambiente deteriore" - "get away from/leave behind that miserable/lousy atmosphere/ambience"

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150 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:	dalle costole quell'ambiente deteriore
Context:	Mi consigliò di farmi richiamare sotto le armi. "Togliti dalle costole quell'ambiente...
Keywords:	...deteriore. Va' a soffrire materialmente. Te ne ritroverai meglio con lo spirito." One friend's advice to teh protagonist, after the latter has lost almost all of his money because of his addiction to playing and betting on card games.

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150 months ago

wrote:

get yourself out of that lousy place

My comment:

do not frequent that place any more as it is costing you

150 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

get yourself out of that lousy place

My comment:

do not frequent that place any more as it is costing you

150 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

get away from/leave behind that miserable/lousy atmosphere/ambience

My comment:

there are many ways you could express this. "togliersi dalle costole" = get rid of a thorn in your side. The metaphor isn't completely appropriate here so maybe simply "get out of/get away from" the damaging situation.
"ambiente deteriore" is a "bad/cheap/lousy/pathetic/second-rate atmosphere." The context will dictate whether "ambiente" is best translated as atmosphere, ambience, situation...

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150 months ago

wrote:

Certainly sound like some accurate possibilities. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

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