dietro le quinte
Italian
Etymology
Literally, “behind the wings”.
Prepositional phrase
dietro le quinte
- (idiomatic) behind the scenes
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 10, in Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- In un qualsiasi momento della giornata poteva comparire Rahm per chiedere come intendessi gestire una qualche disputa politica od organizzativa appena profilatasi, e dietro le quinte non mancavano i primi litigi – sui titoli, sulle aree di competenza, sull'accesso, sui posti auto –, come si conviene a ogni nuova amministrazione.
- At various points in the day Rahm might pop in to ask me how I wanted to handle some emerging policy or organizational dispute, and behind the scenes there was no shortage of the early jockeying—over titles, turf, access, parking spots—that characterizes any new administration.
- (literally, “At any moment in the day Rahm could show up to ask how I intended to manage some political or organizational dispute as soon as it emerged, and behind the scenes there was no lack of first quarrels – on titles, on areas of competence, on access, on parking spots – as befits every new administration.”)
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