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单词 sulle spalle
释义

sulle spalle

Italian

Etymology

Literally, "on the shoulders."

Prepositional phrase

sulle spalle

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see sulle, spalle.
  2. (idiomatic) that bears a burdensome responsibility, blame, etc.
    • 2016, Tom Bissell, “Tutto di tutto: Infinite Jest, vent'anni dopo [Everything of everything: Infinite Jest, twenty years later]”, in David Foster Wallace; Edoardo Nesi, transl., Infinite Jest, Einaudi, page v:
      I più vedrebbero in queste parole un elogio, ma un romanzo con vent'anni sulle spalle funziona solo perché pare astutamente profetico e perché i lettori di oggi considerano i suoi scenari ancora «rilevanti»?
      Most would see an eulogy in these words, but does a novel that bears twenty years work only because it appears astutely prophetic and because today's readers consider its scenarios still "relevant"?
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