avanti e indietro
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “forward and backward”.
Adverb
[edit]Noun
[edit]avanti e indietro m (invariable)
- back and forth
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 24, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- Dopo parecchi avanti e indietro... finalmente McConnell cedette e il 6 dicembre 2010 fui in grado di annunciare che era stato raggiunto un accordo completo.
- After a lot of back-and-forth... McConnell finally relented and on December 6, 2010, I was able to announce that a comprehensive agreement had been reached.
- (literally, “After quite a few back and forths... McConnell finally gave in and on December 6, 2010, I was able to announce that a complete agreement had been reached.”)