in prospettiva

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “in perspective”.

Prepositional phrase

in prospettiva

1. in perspective
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 25, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     George Mitchell cercò di farmi vedere le cose in prospettiva, ricordandomi che durante i negoziati per mettere fine al conflitto nell'Irlanda del Nord avevano avuto «settecento giorni cattivi e uno solo buono».

     George Mitchell tried to put things in perspective, reminding me that during negotiations to end the Northern Ireland conflict, "We had seven hundred bad days—and one good one."

     (literally, “George Mitchell tried to make me see things in perspective, reminding me that during the negotiations to put an end to the Northern Ireland confllict they had had "seven hundred bad days and only one good one."”)