qualcuno le dava e qualcun altro le prendeva

English translation: fists were flying

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Italian term or phrase:qualcuno le dava e qualcun altro le prendeva
English translation:fists were flying
Entered by: Maria Burnett

20:44 Jan 5, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: qualcuno le dava e qualcun altro le prendeva
There was fighting everywhere???

Mi affacciai per vedere. La piazza era tutto un fumogeno, non si capiva nulla. Qualcuno le dava, qualcun altro le prendeva.
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 11:16
fists were flying
Explanation:
an option

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This idiom or expression like sentence means: They were all fighting.
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 16:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6fists were flying
Yvonne Gallagher
4Everybody was beating the living daylights out of each other
Glinda
4blows
Ludwin
1 +1SOME HIT AND SOME WERE HIT.
eugenia caruso


  

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Everybody was beating the living daylights out of each other


Explanation:
Una soluzione ^^

Glinda
Local time: 17:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
botte
blows


Explanation:
'le' refers to 'botte' - 'blows'
'some are beating up, others are being beaten up'

Ludwin
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
SOME HIT AND SOME WERE HIT.


Explanation:
KEEPS THE PLAY ON WORDS WHICH IS NICE.

eugenia caruso
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian

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agree  corallia
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fists were flying


Explanation:
an option

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Note added at 4 hrs (2012-01-06 01:21:54 GMT)
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www.fighthype.com/pages/content10456.html


4 Aug 2011 – Fists were flying all over the place when a fight broke out between the camps of Vernon Paris and Tim Coleman moments ago in the lobby of ...

www.idiomsandexpressions.com/fists-were-flying


This idiom or expression like sentence means: They were all fighting.


Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 16:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

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