affogare in un bicchier d'acqua

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, “to drown in a cup of water”.

Verb[edit]

affogàre in un bicchier d'acqua (first-person singular present affógo in un bicchier d'acqua or affògo in un bicchier d'acqua[1], first-person singular past historic affogài in un bicchier d'acqua, past participle affogàto in un bicchier d'acqua, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (idiomatic) to lose heart when encountering the smallest difficulty

References[edit]

  1. ^ affogo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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