Italian Slang To be very smart. Avere sale in zucca. beverysmart beverysmart intelligent How boring! Che barba! howboring howboring boring To be up until the wee hours. Fare le ore piccole. beupuntiltheweehours beupuntilweehours upAllHours What a sad and unhappy life! Che vita da cani! whatasadandunhappylife whatasadandunhappylife sadAndUnhappy To get really crazy. Bersi il cervello. getreallycrazy getreallycrazy crazyNutcase To be down. Essere giù di corda. bedown bedown sad To be wrong about something. Prendere un granchio. bewrongaboutsomething bewrongaboutsomethimg toBeWrong To be full of hot air. Essere gasato. befullofhotair befullofhotair toBeFullOfHotAir To be surprised and speechless. Restare di stucco. besurprisedandspeechless besurprisedandspeechless seriousNoKidding To miss a very good occasion. Perdere il treno. missaverygoodoccasion missaverygoodoccasion specialOccasion To be really angry. Avere un diavolo per capello. bereallyangry bereallyangry toBeReallyAngry More or less. A occhio e croce. moreorless moreandless moreOrLess Without paying. A sbafo. withoutpaying withoutpaying withoutPaying That was close! C'è mancato un pelo! thatwasclose thatwasclose thatWasClose To fail. Fare fiasco. fail fail toFail To start all over again. Punto e accapo. startalloveragain startalloveragain toStartOver A source of never ending profit. Una gallina dalle uova d'oro. sourceofneverendingprofit asourceofneverendingprofit neverEndingProfit To bite the bullet. Ingoiare il rospo. bitethebullet bitethebullet biteTheBullet To get nothing. Restare a bocca asciutta. getnothing getnothing toGetNothing