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Italienisch Begriff oder Satz:	a cavallo
Englisch Übersetzung:	wearing twin cherries as earrings
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11:11am Oct 9, 2007

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Italienisch Begriff oder Satz: a cavallo

I am having problems constructing the phrase that this appears in.
Context: about children outside in summer.
"E voglia di merenda, ciliege rosse, turgide, *a cavallo* sulle orecchie e nella bocca, ancora piccola, che ne era riempita tutta; ....".
Any help would be much appreciated.

Helen Godfrey

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wearing twin cherries as earrings

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;-)

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-10-09 11:27:18 GMT)
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I don't think you need a literal translation here. The picture should be quite clear.

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irenef
Italien

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I went with your answer in the end but thanks to everyone else for your help/contributions!
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ZUSAMMENFASSUNG ALLER ÜBERSETZUNGEN (ENGLISCH)

4 +8

hanging/dangling from your ears

Raffaella Panigada

3 +6

wearing twin cherries as earrings

irenef

astride the ears / draped over their ears

Jim Tucker

hung

Chiara_R

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hanging/dangling from your ears

Erklärung:
You hang them from the stalk and wear them like earrings.

Raffaella Panigada
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wearing twin cherries as earrings

Erklärung:

;-)

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-10-09 11:27:18 GMT)
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I don't think you need a literal translation here. The picture should be quite clear.

irenef
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I went with your answer in the end but thanks to everyone else for your help/contributions!

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hung

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Hi Helen! Nice question ;-p

"A cavallo" here refers to the habit of hanging a couple of cherries on the ears. When I was a child I used to do that myself: it was just for fun, it was nice to pick up cherries, choose the "double ones" (you know, two cherries together), and hang them on my ears. You actually put them "a cavallo", cause it's like they "ride" your ears (sorry, can't explain it better without an image!)

Don't know how you can express that in english though, maybe with the verb "hang"... I'm sure you (or someone else) can think of something better. That's the explanation anyway. Hope that helps
Chiara

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Note added at 23 mins (2007-10-09 11:35:51 GMT)
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here's the only picture I could find
http://www.bresciaonline.it/or4/or?uid=BOLesy.main.index&oid...

In the meantime Raffaella and irenef proposed some nice options

Chiara_R
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Muttersprache: Italienisch

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astride the ears / draped over their ears

Erklärung:
The other suggestions I see are perfectly fine but don't clearly convey the notion of where these cherries are actually sitting. Also, "a cavallo" calls for a more graphic expression in the translation.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-09 13:49:14 GMT)
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a pair of cherries astride the ears, another draped over the mouth...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-09 13:50:31 GMT)
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"mounted on their ears" would be even more horsified

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-09 14:19:09 GMT)
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(as Chiara points out, just forget about the mouth part - not sure what I was thinking there)

Jim Tucker
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Italienisch: a cavallo

Englisch translation: wearing twin cherries as earrings