in fuori

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “in out”.

Adverb

in fuori

1. sticking out; thrust out; out

   spingere in fuori ― to push out

   braccia in fuori! ― arms out to the side!

   occhi in fuori ― bulging eyes (literally, “eyes sticking out”)

   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 14, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     In effetti, parlare con Sarkozy era a volte divertente e a volte esasperante, con quelle sue mani sempre in movimento, il petto in fuori come un gallo da combattimento...

     Indeed, conversations with Sarkozy were by turns amusing and exasperating, his hands in perpetual motion, his chest thrust out like a bantam cock's...

     (literally, “Indeed, speaking with Sarkozy was at times fun and at times exasperating, with those hands of his always in movement, his chest thrust out like a fighting cock...”)

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