farsi scrupoli

farsi scrupoli

Italian

Verb

fàrsi scrupoli (first-person singular present mi fàccio scrupoli, first-person singular past historic mi féci scrupoli, past participle fàtto scrupoli, first-person singular imperfect mi facévo scrupoli, second-person singular imperative fàtti scrupoli)

1. Alternative form of farsi scrupolo
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 6, in Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Quando Bill disse a un pubblico di bianchi che Hillary sapeva «conquistarti» come gli avversari non riuscivano a fare, Gibbs – anch'egli figlio del Sud – colse echi dello stratega repubblicano Lee Atwater e della politica del fischietto per cani, quella delle parole di per sé innocenti ma che, nelle orecchie giuste, funzionano da richiami in codice, e non si fece scrupoli a istruire alcuni dei nostri sostenitori perché lo facessero notare.

     When Clinton told white audiences that Hillary "gets you" in ways that her opponents did not, Gibbs—himself a son of the South—heard echoes of Republican strategist Lee Atwater and dog-whistle politics and had no qualms about deploying some of our supporters to say so.

     (literally, “When Bill told a white audience that Hillary knew how to "win you over" like her opponents could not, Gibbs – also a son of the South – caught echoes of Republican strategist Lee Atwater and of dog-whistle politics, that of words that are innocent in themselves but, in the right ears, work as coded calls, and did not scruple to instruct some of our supporters to point it out.”)