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Quando in Italia si dicono "Roma e Toma" cosa significa??
Feb 12, 2011 6:52 PM
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means misunderstanding something for something else that sounds similar but have nothing in common, like roma (the city) and toma (a kind of cheese)
vuol dire confondere qualcosa per qualcos'altro che sembrasimile ma è comletamente diverso, come Roma e la toma (il formaggio)
February 12, 2011
Another typical expression with the same meaning is:
"hai capito fischi per fiaschi"
fischio, plural: fischi: whistle
fiasco, plural: fiaschi: 1) bottle, flask; 2) complete failure (for instance in a theater or concert)
February 12, 2011
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