in piano

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, in plane.

Prepositional phrase

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in piano

  1. on level ground
    • 2004 July 22, The Staircase, episode 1, spoken by Martha Ratliff (Martha Ratliff):
      Praticamente era come se due bombe ci avessero colpito in piano.
      It was like two bombshells, I guess, hitting us.
      (literally, “Practically it was as if two bombs had struck us on level ground.”)