Comparable phrases in English and Italian: the extent of the phenomenon and how well it is documented
The Italian and English languages share a great deal of phraseology; that is, their lexicons includes many phrases and expressions of comparable form (e.g. skeleton in the cupboard - scheletro nell'armadio, treasure hunt - caccia al tesoro). In many cases, this is the result of phrasal calquing...
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2010
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