fa tanto Alice in Wonderland

English translation: reminiscent of Alice\'s Wonderland

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Italian term or phrase:fa tanto Alice in Wonderland
English translation:reminiscent of Alice\'s Wonderland
Entered by: EirTranslations

03:31 May 27, 2010
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Italian term or phrase: fa tanto Alice in Wonderland
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MS - Una porticina che si apre fa tanto Alice in Wonderland.
EirTranslations
Ireland
Local time: 13:44
reminiscent of Alice's Wonderland
Explanation:
or
... that looks like it opens/seems to open into Alice's Wonderland.
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Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 14:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3(so) very Alice in Wonderland
Piero Toto
4 +1reminiscent of Alice's Wonderland
Shera Lyn Parpia
5in an Alice-in-Wonderland style
Meg Mullan
4reminds - gives the idea of
Giulia Colapietro
4it is so "Alice in Wonderland"!
Sonia Maria Parise


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reminds - gives the idea of


Explanation:
The meaning of the sentence is that if you see a small door, the first thing that you associate to it is Alice in Wonderland... I am sure you can find a better way to express this, but in the meantime "reminds" could work.

Giulia Colapietro
France
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: Italian
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
reminiscent of Alice's Wonderland


Explanation:
or
... that looks like it opens/seems to open into Alice's Wonderland.


Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 39
Grading comment
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  luskie: mi piace l'idea di open into
3 hrs
  -> grazie!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
in an Alice-in-Wonderland style


Explanation:
just another option

Meg Mullan
Italy
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(so) very Alice in Wonderland


Explanation:
This retains the colloquial tenor of the original, IMHO.

Piero Toto
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:44
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ivana UK
1 hr

agree  luskie
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agree  Chiara D'Andrea
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it is so "Alice in Wonderland"!


Explanation:
...

Sonia Maria Parise
Italy
Local time: 14:44
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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