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to eat a lot I would never take in that many carbs unless I was rage eating. start learning		abbottasse / abbuffasse Mangerei tutti quei carboidrati solo in un'abbuffata da rabbia.
nap Carlo felt refreshed after the nap. start learning		pennichella / pennica This expression is commonly used when someone falls asleep after having lunch. Dopo la pennichella Carlo si sentiva riposato.
forcibly eating Dad always used to say that he and I could just eat our way through anything. start learning		ingozzarsi Papà diceva sempre che io e lui ci saremmo potuti ingozzare di qualunque cosa.
colander / kitchen tool My car is a wreck. start learning		colabrodo Figuratively it means in bad conditions. La mia macchina era ridota a un colabrodo.
a poor-quality food or beverage This coffee is terrible. start learning		ciofeca Questo caffè è una ciofeca.
to fool someone Don't be fooled by that guy. start learning		intortare The root of this verb is "torta"(cake) Non farti intortare da quel ragazzo.
a very skinny person You're a really skinny guy. start learning		scrocchiazeppi Sei veramente uno scrocchiazeppi.
for free All your buddies drink for free. start learning		a sbafo I tuoi amici bevono tutti a sbafo.
to have ears / eyes wrapped with ham You may not be able to see this because you've got your love-blinders on. start learning		avere le orecchie / gli occhi foderati di prosciutto Figuratively it means to be blind, not to understand, to be in denial. Forse non te ne accorgi perché hai gli occhi foderati di prosciutto per amore.
No small feat! Thi is a great achievement, no small feat! start learning		Mica pizza e fichi! "Mica" is used in Roman slang to create negative sentences. It means "it is not". Questo è un grande obiettivo, mica pizza e fichi!