liquid lunch in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for liquid lunch in the English»Italian Dictionary

liquid lunch [Am ˈlɪkwɪd ləntʃ] N hum

liquid lunch

= pranzo fatto in un pub o in un altro locale, in cui si consuma poco cibo e si bevono molti alcolici

Translations for liquid lunch in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.lunch [Brit lʌn(t)ʃ, Am lən(t)ʃ] N

lunch (meal taken at midday)

pranzo m

lunch (light meal)

spuntino m

to have lunch

pranzare

to eat sth for lunch

mangiare qc a mezzogiorno

I often go out for lunch

vado spesso fuori a pranzo

to take sb out for or to lunch

portare qn fuori a pranzo

come round for lunch

vieni a pranzo (da me)

she's gone to lunch, she's at lunch

è andata a pranzo

I usually take my lunch early

di solito pranzo presto

lunch! or time for lunch!

a tavola!

to close for lunch

fare la pausa di mezzogiorno

that bar does good lunches

si mangia bene in quel bar

II.lunch [Brit lʌn(t)ʃ, Am lən(t)ʃ] VB intr

lunch

pranzare, fare pranzo (on, off con)

III.lunch [Brit lʌn(t)ʃ, Am lən(t)ʃ]

out to lunch inf

fuori di testa

there's no such thing as a free lunch

non si fa mai niente per niente

I.liquid [Brit ˈlɪkwɪd, Am ˈlɪkwɪd] ADJ

1. liquid state, substance, air, nitrogen, consonant:

liquid

liquido

2. liquid (clear):

liquid eyes

lucente, limpido

liquid gaze, sound

limpido

II.liquid [Brit ˈlɪkwɪd, Am ˈlɪkwɪd] N

1. liquid (substance):

liquid

liquido m

drink plenty of liquids

beva molto or assuma molti liquidi

2. liquid PHON:

liquid

liquida f

liquid lunch in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for liquid lunch in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.lunch [lʌntʃ] N

lunch

pranzo m

to have lunch

pranzare

Phrases:

to be out to lunch inf

essere fuori di testa

II.lunch [lʌntʃ] VB intr

lunch

pranzare

I.liquid [ˈlɪk·wɪd] N

liquid

liquido m

II.liquid [ˈlɪk·wɪd] ADJ

liquid

liquido, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He was from the generation of liquid lunches, afternoons and evenings.

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You can lose touch with what's going on by having long liquid lunches.

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He immediately replaced the card schools and liquid lunches with dieticians and acupuncturists, bringing a continental outlook to the club and developing a free-flowing, attacking style of play.

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I've never been a morning person and rarely make it out for brunch, so a liquid lunch that dragged on until dinnertime seemed far better suited to my personality.

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The liquid lunches had become too obvious -- there had been complaints about him staggering back to his desk five hours after he was last at it.

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It's tempting to have a liquid lunch, but we'd highly recommend the pizzas -- there's a huge range of toppings to choose from.

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They'd have a liquid lunch, order their sandwich or burger and bolt.

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Drank to excess, came to the office hungover, left for liquid lunches.

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As usual for a workday, he'd just finished a long liquid lunch with his city hall sources at a nearby basement pub.

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These were extremely generous, funding the famously comfortable stockbroker lifestyle of short working hours and long liquid lunches.

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