people keep themselves to themselves la gente si fa i fatti suoi; le persone badano ai fatti propri
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Language pair: | inglés al italiano |
Definition / notes: | KudoZ 10 Nov 2016 [Idiome/Maximen/Sprichwörter] * "In general conversation, when you say **people keep themselves to themselves**, meaning people going about their own business, in a slightly negative way. People who are not very friendly and are mainly concerned with their own lives and what they have to do." => Anche: "la gente sta sulle sue"; "le persone badano agli affari loro"; "la gente se ne sta per i fatti propri" * keep yourself to yourself: to stay alone or with your family rather than spending time with other people http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/keep-yourself-to-yourself * keep oneself to oneself: (chiefly British): to stay apart from other people; to avoid other people http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20oneself%20to%20oneself * keep to oneself: 1. Also, **keep oneself to oneself** Shun the company of others, value one's privacy http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/keep+to+oneself * to keep oneself to oneself: starsene per conto proprio, non socializzare; **farsi i fatti propri** http://dizionari.repubblica.it/Inglese-Italiano/K/tokeep.php?lingua=en&refresh_ce * to keep to oneself (o to keep oneself to oneself), starsene per conto proprio; non socializzare; **fare i fatti propri**; fare vita ritirata [Ragazzini 2017] |
URL: | http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_italian/idioms_maxims_sayings/6223468-people_keep_themselves_to_themselves.html |
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