phoney war in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for phoney war in the English»Italian Dictionary

phoney war [Brit] N HISTORY

the phoney war

= periodo iniziale della seconda guerra mondiale, durante il quale non ci furono scontri

Translations for phoney war in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.phoney [Brit ˈfəʊni, Am ˈfoʊni] N inf, pej

phoney (affected person)

persona f falsa, chi si atteggia a ciò che non è

phoney (impostor)

impostore m / impostora f

phoney (forgery, fake)

falso m

he's not a real scientist, he's a phoney

non è un vero scienziato, è un ciarlatano

II.phoney [Brit ˈfəʊni, Am ˈfoʊni] ADJ inf, pej

phoney name, address

falso

phoney accent

contraffatto

phoney company, firm

fasullo

phoney story, excuse

inventato

phoney emotion

simulato, falso

phoney jewel, Old Master

falso

phoney person

falso, atteggiato

there's something phoney about her

c'è qualcosa di falso in lei

I.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] N

1. war (armed conflict):

war

guerra f

the horrors of war

gli orrori della guerra

the day war broke out

il giorno in cui scoppiò la guerra

in the war

in guerra

between the wars (world wars)

tra le due guerre

a state of war now exists between our two countries

le nostre due nazioni sono ormai in stato di guerra

to win, lose a war

vincere, perdere una guerra

to go off to the war

partire in guerra

to go to war against country

entrare in guerra contro

to wage war on country

fare guerra a

to be at war with a country

essere in guerra con una nazione

a war over or about land, independence

una guerra per

a war over or about issue, problem

una guerra su

a war over or about before n debts, correspondent, crime, criminal, effort, film, hero, historian, medal, photographer, widow, wound, cemetery, zone

di guerra

a war over or about leader

militare

war deaths

vittime di guerra

he has a good war record

ha un buon stato di servizio in guerra

2. war (fierce competition):

war fig

guerra f

price, trade war

guerra dei prezzi, commerciale

a state of war now exists between the two departments, companies

ormai è guerra aperta tra i due reparti, le due società

a war of words

un conflitto verbale

3. war (to eradicate sth):

war fig

lotta f

war fig

guerra f (against contro, a)

the war against drug traffickers

la guerra ai narcotrafficanti

to wage war on or against poverty, crime

dichiarare guerra alla

II.war <forma in -ing warring, pt, pp warred> [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] VB intr

to war with a country, one's neighbours

essere in guerra contro una nazione, con i vicini (over a causa di)

III.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr]

you look as if you've been in the wars

sembra che tu abbia fatto la guerra or hai l'aria sconvolta

phoney war in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for phoney war in the English»Italian Dictionary

phoney [ˈfoʊ·ni] ADJ N

phoney → phony

See also phony

I.phony <-ier, -iest> [ˈfoʊ·ni] ADJ inf

phony person, address, documents

falso, -a

phony smile

finto, -a

II.phony [ˈfoʊ·ni] N (person)

phony

bugiardo(-a) m (f)

war [wɔ:r] N

war

guerra f

civil war

guerra civil

the Great War

la Prima Guerra Mondiale

the Second World War

la Seconda Guerra Mondiale

a holy war

una guerra santa

the horrors of war

gli orrori della guerra

in time of war

in tempo di guerra

to be at war

essere in guerra

to declare war on sb a.fig

dichiarare guerra a qu

to go to war

entrare in guerra

to make war on sb

fare la guerra a qu

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

With 100 days to go, the election is not so much a phoney war as an endless series of photo opportunities for the parties.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Notwithstanding this, it is clear that the phoney war, which has been waged throughout all of 2016, will soon come to a conclusion.

www.leinsterexpress.ie

The group stage, with the lesser sides setting up to repel rather than create, has in a sense been a phoney war.

www.independent.co.uk

Their phoney war, which lead to the deaths of so many innocent people, had been a giant scam.

www.independent.ie

There was something of a phoney war atmosphere which did not come across in the exciting reportage.

www.independent.co.uk

This is the period of the phoney war.

www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

The dormant conflict of the phoney war is reflected in the activity of the novel's main characters.

en.wikipedia.org

While the first 12 months of auto-enrolment passed by with few hitches, this period was always going to be something of a phoney war.

www.independent.co.uk

The ultra-loyal customers were very confused, as it began to dawn on them that maybe it had all been a phoney war.

www.independent.ie

More straw men and column inches as the phoney war continues.

www.espncricinfo.com