dall'altro lato
Italian
editEtymology
editLiterally, “on the other side”.
Prepositional phrase
edit- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dall', altro, lato.
- 2013, chapter 3, in F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 76:
- La prima cena – ce ne sarebbe stata un'altra dopo la mezzanotte – stava per essere servita, Jordan m'invitò a unirmi alla sua compagnia che era seduta ad un tavolo dall'altro lato del giardino.
- The first supper—there would be another one after midnight—was now being served, and Jordan invited me to join her own party who were spread around a table on the other side of the garden.
- (literally, “The first dinner - there would be another one after midnight - was about to be served, Jordan invited me to join his company that was seated at a table on the other side of the garden.”)
- on the other hand
- da un lato... dall'altro lato ― on the one hand... on the other hand.