dirla lunga

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, to say it long. Compare French en dire long.

Verb

dìrla lunga (pronominal, first-person singular present la dìco lunga, first-person singular past historic la dìssi lunga, past participle détto lunga, first-person singular imperfect la dicévo lunga, second-person singular imperative dìlla lunga, auxiliary avére)

  1. (idiomatic) to speak volumes
    • 2020 November 8, Anna Lombardi, “Elezioni Usa, Noam Chomsky: "Biden ascolti anche la sinistra" [US election, Noam Chomsky: "Biden listen to the left too"]”, in la Repubblica:
      Che Tump abbia potuto correre ancora per la Casa Bianca sebbene sia il responsabile della morte di 230 mila persone per Covid, la dice lunga sullo stato della democrazia americana.
      That Trump could still run for the White House, even though he is responsible for the deaths of 230 thousand people from Covid, speaks volumes about the state of American democracy.

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