Italy

"Making ends meet."

"Digging someone's grave."

"Let's start by saying A."

"Look like the Madonna of Pompeii."

"Serve two masters."

"Suffering like a beast."

"Sparger salt on the wounds."

"Put out the fire with tow."

"Wasting effort in the wind."

"Wasting your breath."

"Like the cat and boiled water."

"Stand like the dog on the chain."

"Gritting your teeth."

"Across the board."

"Like the devil and holy water."

"Cut the fig tree to pick the figs."

"Command by the wand."

"Achilles' heel."

"Know the mood of the beast."

"Count as the two of cups."

"Correre alla pot."

"Running the leapfrog."

"Believing himself to be the son of the white hen."

"Believing oneself to be the only rooster in the henhouse."

"We know the man from his clothes."

"Give butter to someone."

"Give the sheep to guard the wolf."

"Give a blow to the circle and one to the barrel."

"Go into hiding."

"Shooting yourself in the foot."

"Out of the blue."

"Defend with teeth."

"Disintegrate in tears."

"Dividing the wheat from the tares."

"Last from morning to evening."

"Last the space of one morning."

"It's as easy as drinking a glass of water."

"It's the bird's song."

"He is more of a beast than a Christian."

"It's easier to advise than to do."

"Being on horseback."

"Being in the light."

"Being like cat and dog."

"Be like smoke in the eyes."

"Be like the Arabian phoenix."

"Be like the wandering Jew."

"Be like the three Graces."

"Be like an open book."

"Being known as the weed."

"Bite the chain."