caso di scuola

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “case of school”.

Noun

caso di scuola m (plural casi di scuola)

1. (idiomatic) case study
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 14, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Prima della crisi finanziaria, per esempio, la Turchia era parsa una nazione in ripresa, un caso di scuola degli effetti positivi della globalizzazione sulle economie emergenti.

     Before the financial crisis, for example, Turkey had appeared to be a nation on the upswing, a case study in globalization's positive effects on emerging economies.

     (literally, “Before the financial crisis, for example, Turkey had seemed like a nation on the upswing, a case study on the positive effects of globalization on emerging economies.”)