a quattro mani

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, four-handed.

Adjective

a quattro mani (invariable)

  1. (literally) fourhanded (requiring or using four hands)
    suonare il pianoforte a quattro manito play the piano four hands
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) collaborative, joint (work involving two people)
    un libro a quattro mania coauthored book (literally, “a fourhanded book”)

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