Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

lasciò tutti a bocca aperta

English translation:

left everybody dumbfounded/gaping

Added to glossary by musicaclab68
Sep 19, 2013 22:12
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Italian term

lasciò tutti a bocca aperta

Non-PRO Homework / test Italian to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings tale
un bambino comportandosi in modo diverso dal solito lasciò tutti a bocca aperta per l'inaspettata sorpresa
Change log

Sep 20, 2013 09:37: Elena Zanetti changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Daniela Zambrini, SYLVY75, Elena Zanetti

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Proposed translations

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left everybody dumbfounded/gaping

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2309861&lang...

Trova anche altri modi di esprimere il concetto nel link qui sopra :-)
Peer comment(s):

agree BrigitteHilgner : "gaping" would be my choice.
7 hrs
Thank you Brigitte :-)
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+4
8 hrs

left everyone speechless

Peer comment(s):

agree J Tomkowicz
2 hrs
agree Elena Zanetti
3 hrs
agree Shera Lyn Parpia
3 hrs
agree Nancy Greenleese
9 hrs
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14 hrs

left everybody open-mouthed

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