Do you know that in Italian many idioms have the nail as the protagonist?
The little metal stick (in Italian "chiodo") is used not only for hanging pictures and many other carpentry jobs but also for talking about obsessions (avere il chiodo fisso), unbelievable things ("roba da chiodi"), debts ("lasciare un chiodo").
If you want to discover these idioms, listen to the episode "Il Chiodo" of Italiano ON-Air with Katia and Alessio.
Italiano ON-Air is the podcast with the "chiodo fisso" of the Italian language! Have fun!
Italiano ON-Air is the podcast of the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, a school of Italian for foreigners located in Florence, Milan, Rome, Turin, and Viareggio! Every week you can listen to a new dialogue, with new insights, and learn expressions, vocabulary and idioms.
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