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a squarciagola

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, as if tearing one's throat. See squarciare (to rip, to tear) and gola (throat).

Adverb

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a squarciagola

  1. (idiomatic) at the top of one's lungs
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      Lui filava giù per un corridoio colossale, largo un chilometro, allagato di luce dorata, sganasciandosi dal ridere e gridando confessioni a squarciagola.
      He was rolling down a mighty corridor, a kilometre wide, full of glorious, golden light, roaring with laughter and shouting out confessions at the top of his voice.
      (literally, “He dashed down a colossal corridor, a kilometre wide, flooded with golden light, breaking out with laughter and yelling confessions at the top of his lungs.”)