A2🍝 Food
Fare il dolce far niente
to enjoy sweet idleness
Literal Translation
"To do the sweet doing nothing"
What it means
To enjoy doing absolutely nothing / to laze about pleasurably
Example in context
"In vacanza mi dedico al dolce far niente sulla spiaggia."
"On holiday I enjoy doing absolutely nothing on the beach."
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