Di Olimpiadi se ne intende

English translation: The Olympics is something she knows all about

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Italian term or phrase:Di Olimpiadi se ne intende
English translation:The Olympics is something she knows all about
Entered by: Lara Barnett

15:31 May 1, 2016
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Italian term or phrase: Di Olimpiadi se ne intende
This section is a about a sailing champion, Giulia Conti:

"Di Olimpiadi se ne intende, avendo debuttato, non ancora ventenne, ad Atene 2004. Ma oggi, passati i 30 anni, ha superato la “paura di vincere” e sbarca in Brasile da favorita."

The previous sentence has described her wins and trips to the podium, is it something about her future potential Olympic conquests?
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:55
She knows all about the Olympics /She is totally Olympics savvy/She is not new to the Olymppics
Explanation:
followed by "having..."

Se ne intende means to know all there is to know about something "Se ne intende di vino, quello" - "He knows all there is to know about wine, him/He's a real wine connoisseur/What he doesn't know about wine is not worth knowing" etc !
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Local time: 13:55
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5 +3She knows all about the Olympics /She is totally Olympics savvy/She is not new to the Olymppics
kringle
5Olympics is something she knows about
James (Jim) Davis


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
She knows all about the Olympics /She is totally Olympics savvy/She is not new to the Olymppics


Explanation:
followed by "having..."

Se ne intende means to know all there is to know about something "Se ne intende di vino, quello" - "He knows all there is to know about wine, him/He's a real wine connoisseur/What he doesn't know about wine is not worth knowing" etc !

kringle
Local time: 13:55
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Olympics is something she knows about


Explanation:
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Note added at 1 day3 mins (2016-05-02 15:35:37 GMT)
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English tends to emphasise through understatement, rather than overstatement.

James (Jim) Davis
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