alzare il tiro

English translation: to raise the bar

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Italian term or phrase:alzare il tiro
English translation:to raise the bar
Entered by: Russell Jones

17:30 Dec 12, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Italian term or phrase: alzare il tiro
Si sta parlando di concessioni alle minoranze linguistiche nelle scuole multilingue.
"X chiede spiegazioni all'accademia americana [per un certo tipo di trattamento riservato agli studenti non di madrelingua inglese], mentre Y alza il tiro e rivolge la stessa domanda all'intero mondo occidentale".

Thanx!
Drem
Local time: 13:38
to raise the bar
Explanation:
An idiom from hugh-jumping.
More literally "raise ones sights" but it doesn't work as well in your context.
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Russell Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:38
Grading comment
thanks again! è perfetto.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3to raise the bar
Russell Jones
5 +1raises the stakes
Vittorio Felaco


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
raises the stakes


Explanation:
Prova con questa opzione, dovrebbe andare bene.

Vittorio Felaco
Local time: 08:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vittorio Preite
19 mins
  -> Grazie!
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to raise the bar


Explanation:
An idiom from hugh-jumping.
More literally "raise ones sights" but it doesn't work as well in your context.


Russell Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 19
Grading comment
thanks again! è perfetto.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lindsay Sabadosa (X): Exactly what I would have said.
31 mins
  -> Thx Lindsay

agree  writeaway
2 hrs

agree  Michele Fauble
13 hrs
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