buttare i soldi dalla finestra

Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to throw money from the window. Compare French jeter l’argent par les fenêtres.

Verb

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buttare i soldi dalla finestra

  1. to throw money away
    • 2024, Porta a Porta, spoken by Giorgia Meloni:
      Non siamo un governo che getta i soldi dalla finestra per comprare consenso facile come purtroppo hanno fatto altri.
      We are not a government that throws money away in order to buy easy approval ratings, as others have unfortunately done.