quadratura del cerchio
Italian
editEtymology
editLiterally, “squaring of the circle”.
Noun
editquadratura del cerchio m (plural quadrature del cerchio)
- (idiomatic) squaring the circle
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 24, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- Prima di concludere la telefonata, Claire e io facemmo un patto per cercare di trovare la quadratura del cerchio.
- Before hanging up, Claire and I made a deal to help square the circle.
- (literally, “Before concluding the phone call, Claire and I made a deal to try to find the squaring of the circle.”)