fare di tutto
Italian
editEtymology
editLiterally, “do of everything”.
Verb
editfàre di tutto (first-person singular present fàccio di tutto, first-person singular past historic féci di tutto, past participle fàtto di tutto, first-person singular imperfect facévo di tutto, second-person singular imperative fài di tutto or fà' di tutto, auxiliary avére)
- to carry out any kind of work; to dabble in everything
- sa fare di tutto ― she is good at everything (literally, “knows how to do everything”)
- (with per + inf.) to make every effort to reach a goal; to do everything in one's power (to); to move heaven and earth (to)
- Synonyms: farsi in quattro, darsi pena; see also Thesaurus:impegnarsi
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 27, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- Gli analisti mi spiegarono che le altre persone che vivevano lì facevano di tutto per nascondere la loro identità...
- As for the people who lived there, the analysts said they went to great lengths to conceal their identities...
- (literally, “The analysts explained to me that the other people who lived there were doing everything to hide their identities...”)