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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “shin of saint”.
Noun
stinco di santo m (plural stinchi di santo)
- (figurative, humorous) saint, angel
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:Ma ce n’è un sacco che vorrebbero, se solo avessero una mezza possibilità. Non sono gli stinchi di santo che dicono di essere.- But there’s plenty that WOULD if they got half a chance. They’re not so holy as they make out.
- (literally, “But there are a bunch who would like to, if only they had a half possibility. They are not the saints they say they are.”)