cavaliere senza macchia e senza paura

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “knight without stain and without fear.”

Noun

cavaliere senza macchia e senza paura m (plural cavalieri senza macchia e senza pauri)

1. knight in shining armor, white knight
   • 2024, “Inizia lo spettacolo [Showtime]”, in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, season 2, episode 7, spoken by Lyle Menéndez (Nicholas Alexander Chavez):

     È stata la miglior testimonianza di sempre. Sembravo un cavaliere senza macchia [e senza paura].

     Because I think that was the greatest testimony ever given in the courtroom. I was like a white knight up there.

     (literally, “It was the best testimony ever. I looked like a knight in shining armor.”)