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IdiomBridge finds the culturally equivalent idiom in any language — so you understand not just what people say, but what they actually mean.

English
"Spill the beans"
To reveal a secret
Italian
"Sputare il rospo"
To spit out the toad
Spanish
"Cantar de plano"
To sing plainly

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Same feeling, different words

Every culture has its own way of saying the same thing. IdiomBridge reveals the poetry behind the language.

English idiom
"The straw that broke the camel's back"
Italian
"La goccia che fa traboccare il vaso"
The drop that makes the vase overflow — the final small event that causes everything to collapse.
Ho sopportato i suoi ritardi per mesi, ma oggi è stata la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso. (I've put up with his lateness for months, but today was the last straw.)

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