rompere le scatole
Breaking the cans!
Today’s Parola del Giorno is the expression ròmpere le scàtole,1 which means to get on someone’s nerves or to bother someone.
See the expression used below:
La smettete di rompere le scatole al cane, per favore? Lasciatelo dormire!
Can you stop bothering the dog, please? Let him sleep
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None of these words normally have accents on them! I indicate them to show…