chausser les gros sabots

Italian translation: aveva usato/ invocato la stessa ( vecchia ) scusa del buon senso

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French term or phrase:	chausser les gros sabots
Italian translation:	aveva usato/ invocato la stessa ( vecchia ) scusa del buon senso

12:46 Sep 23, 2010

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French term or phrase: chausser les gros sabots

Comment pourrais-je le traduire en Italien?

voilà le contexte:
"En décembre 2009, le maire de Coccaglio, autre bourgade de Lombardie, avait chaussé les mêmes gros sabots du bon sens pour justifier une opération"

merci à tous!!!
Claudia

Marruccelli

aveva usato/ invocato la stessa ( vecchia ) scusa del buon senso

Explanation:
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Note added at 21 minutes (2010-09-23 13:07:44 GMT)
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qui si tratta di giustificare un'operazione propabilmente impopolare o poco corretta col la scusa che è dettata dal buon senso...............

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Note added at 25 minutes (2010-09-23 13:12:04 GMT)
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parlare di "vecchia scusa" rende lo stile "ironico " usato in francese con " gros sabots " ........... il lettore è invitato a pensare qualcosa del tipo : ma ci ha visto bene questo, pensa veramente che ce la beviamo ?

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Carole Poirey
Italy
Local time: 20:55

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Merci bien!
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3 +2

aveva usato/ invocato la stessa ( vecchia ) scusa del buon senso

Carole Poirey

4 +1

aveva rozzamente giustificato

Silvana Pagani

militava nel partito del buon senso

Bruno ..

Answers

7 mins confidence:

militava nel partito del buon senso

Explanation:
una idea...

Bruno ..
Italy
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of:

French,

Italian

Notes to answerer

Asker: merci!

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

aveva usato/ invocato la stessa ( vecchia ) scusa del buon senso

Carole Poirey
Italy
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

Merci bien!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Merci!

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

aveva rozzamente giustificato

Explanation:
aveva rozzamente giustificato un'operazione appellandosi al buon senso

voir lien pour comprendre le contexte

Reference: http://www.repubblica.it/2009/11/sezioni/cronaca/natale-a-co...

Silvana Pagani
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of:

French,

Italian

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