fare di testa propria

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to do of one's head. Compare French n’en faire qu’à sa tête.

Verb

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fàre di testa propria (first-person singular present fàccio di testa propria, first-person singular past historic féci di testa propria, past participle fàtto di testa propria, first-person singular imperfect facévo di testa propria, second-person singular imperative fài di testa propria or fà' di testa propria, auxiliary avére)

  1. to act according solely to one's own convictions, feelings, etc.; to do one's own thing; to go rogue; to go one's own way
    • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 19, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa, Garzanti Libri:
      Invece di ascoltare i suoi consigli, disse, Bush aveva fatto di testa propria e aveva invaso l'Iraq, destabilizzando tutto il Medio Oriente.
      Rather than heed his warnings, he said, Bush went ahead and invaded Iraq, destabilizing the entire Middle East.
      (literally, “Rather than listening to his advice, he said, Bush had gone his own way and invaded Iraq, destabilizing the entire Middle East.”)