funny bone in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for funny bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

funny bone [Brit, Am ˈfənɪ ˌboʊn] N inf

funny bone

= parte immediatamente sopra al gomito che, se colpita, provoca una sensazione simile alla scossa elettrica

Translations for funny bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.funny¹ [Brit ˈfʌni, Am ˈfəni] ADJ

1. funny (amusing):

funny person, incident

divertente, buffo

funny film, joke

divertente

are you trying to be funny? inf

stai cercando di fare lo spiritoso?

very funny! iron

molto divertente!

2. funny (odd):

funny hat, smell, noise

strano

funny person

strano, bizzarro, buffo

a funny voice

una strana voce

it's funny that she hasn't phoned

è strano che non abbia telefonato

it's funny how people change

è curioso quanto la gente cambi

there's something funny about him

ha qualcosa di strano

something funny's going on

sta succedendo qualcosa di strano

it's a funny feeling but…

è una strana sensazione ma…

it's funny you should mention it

è strano che tu ne parli

3. funny (unwell) inf:

to feel funny

non sentirsi un granché

II.funny¹ [Brit ˈfʌni, Am ˈfəni] ADV inf

funny walk, talk, act:

funny

in modo strano, bizzarro

III.funny¹ [Brit ˈfʌni, Am ˈfəni]

funny peculiar or funny ha-ha?

= strano o buffo?

funny² [Brit ˈfʌni, Am ˈfəni] N

funny

= imbarcazione con un solo rematore

I.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

1. bone:

bone (of human, animal)

osso m

bone (of fish)

lisca f

bone (of fish)

spina f

made of bone

d'osso

chicken on, off the bone

pollo con l'osso, disossato

to break a bone

rompere un osso

to break every bone in one's body

spezzarsi tutte le ossa

I'll break every bone in his body!

gli spezzerò tutte le ossa!

no bones broken

nulla di rotto

he hasn't got a romantic, jealous bone in his body

non ha un briciolo di romanticismo, di gelosia

he hasn't got a romantic, jealous bone in his body before n handle, button

d'osso

2. bone (in corset etc.):

bone

stecca f

II.bones N npl

1. bones (animal skeleton):

bones

ossa f

bones

scheletro m

2. bones (human remains):

bones (in archeology)

resti m umani

bones (in archeology)

scheletro m

to lay sb's bones to rest

seppellire le spoglie di qn

my old bones inf

le mie povere ossa

he'll never make old bones

non vivrà a lungo or non arriverà a invecchiare

3. bones (dice):

bones

dadi m

III.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

1. bone FOOD:

bone joint, chicken

disossare

bone fish

spinare, diliscare, togliere le spine a

2. bone (reinforce):

bone corset, bodice

rinforzare con stecche

IV.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn]

bone of contention

oggetto del contendere or pomo della discordia

close to the bone (wounding)

offensivo

close to the bone (racy)

sconcio or volgare

to be a bag of bones

essere pelle e ossa

to cut sth to the bone

ridurre qc all'osso

to feel sth in one's bones

sentirsi qc nelle ossa

to have a bone to pick with sb

avere una questione da sistemare con qn

to make no bones about sth

non farsi scrupoli di qc

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) prov

raglio d'asino non sale al cielo

to work one's fingers to the bone

lavorare sodo or sgobbare

funny bone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for funny bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

funny bone N inf

funny bone

osso del gomito che, se urtato, provoca una sensazione di scossa elettrica

Translations for funny bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

funny <-ier, -iest> [ˈfʌ·ni] ADJ

1. funny (amusing):

funny

divertente

to see the funny side of a situation

vedere il lato comico di una situazione

2. funny inf (witty):

funny

spiritoso, -a

to try to be funny inf

fare lo spiritoso

3. funny (odd, peculiar):

funny

strano, -a

to have a funny feeling that …

avere lo strano presentimento che…

to have funny ideas

avere idee strambe

4. funny (slightly ill):

to feel funny

sentirsi strano, -a

I.bone [boʊn] N

bone ANAT:

bone

osso m

bone (of a fish)

lisca f

Phrases:

bone of contention

pomo m della discordia

to work one's fingers to the bone

lavorare come un cane

close to the bone

fuori luogo

to cut sth to the bone

ridurre qc all'essenziale

to feel sth in one's bones

sentirsi qc

to make no bones about sth

non far segreto di qc

to have a bone to pick with sb inf

dover regolare un conto con qu

II.bone [boʊn] ADJ

bone

d'osso

III.bone [boʊn] ADV (as intensifier)

bone lazy

pigrissimo, -a

bone tired

stanchissimo, -a

IV.bone [boʊn] VB trans

bone chicken, meat

disossare

bone fish

spinare

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Turned out that he suffered something akin to a stinger, having slammed his funny bone against the hardwood.

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It resulted in pins and needles in my fingers, like when you hit your funny bone.

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But if the episode's heart was in the right place, its funny bone was absent throughout.

www.telegraph.co.uk

I come from a long line of depressed people, and she has a true funny bone.

www.dailyherald.com

Animals can melt the human heart, tickle the funny bone or bring us to tears.

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She puts that philosophy front and center in her play, a drama with a funny bone.

www.latimes.com

The sensation is similar to hitting one's funny bone, but lasts a bit longer.

en.wikipedia.org

She has not a single funny bone in her body.

www.slate.com

Sometimes transient funny bone pain is not simply because you suddenly whacked your elbow against the bar counter while out socialising with your friends.

www.health24.com

This year's festival expands to six days, features more acts, and a slate of comedy stars to appeal to just about any funny bone.

www.thebarrieexaminer.com