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Essere un falco

To be sharp-eyed and alert; to miss nothing

Literal Translation

"To be a hawk"

What it means

To be sharp-eyed and alert; to miss nothing

Example in context

"Come arbitro è un falco, non gli sfugge nulla."

"As a referee he's a hawk — nothing escapes him."

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