tra sé e sé
Italian
Alternative forms
- fra sé e sé
Etymology
Literally, “between oneself and oneself”.
Prepositional phrase
tra sé e sé
- to oneself
- pensare tra sé e sé ― to think to oneself
- 2021, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in Alessandro Fabrizi, transl., Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Neri Pozza:
- Avevo un cane (rimase soltanto qualche giorno, poi scappò), una vecchia Dodge e una finlandese che mi rifaceva il letto, preparava la colazione e mormorava fra sé e sé parole di finnica saggezza davanti al fornello elettrico.
- I had a dog, at least I had him for a few days until he ran away, and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.
- (literally, “I had a dog (he stayed only for a few days, then he escaped), an old Dodge and a Finnish woman who made my bed, prepared breakfast and murmured to herself words of Finnish wisdom before the electric burner.”)