Italian edit

Etymology edit

Literally, on the paper.

Prepositional phrase edit

sulla carta

  1. (idiomatic) on paper
    Synonym: in teoria
    • 2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
      Quanto a Joe, non potevamo essere più diversi l'uno dall'altro, almeno sulla carta.
      When it comes to Joe, we could not have been more different from each other, at least on paper.