dirla lunga (su + qualcuno/qualcosa)
Today’s Parola del Giorno is the verb expression dirla lunga1 (su + qualcuno/qualcosa), which means to say a lot about someone/something.
See the expression used below:
Hai visto cosa ha fatto Marco ieri alla festa? Il suo comportamento la dice lunga sul suo carattere! Non penso di invitarlo ad un’altra festa!
Did you see what Marco did at the party yesterday? His behavior says a lot about his character. I do not think I will invite him to another party!
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If used with a compound tense (passato prossimo, for example), the past participle would always take the feminine singular form: detta.
If today’s example were used in the passato prossimo: Il suo comportamento l’ha detta lunga sul suo carattere!
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