B2🍝 Food
Mangiare la foglia di fico
to see through a cover
Literal Translation
"To eat the fig leaf"
What it means
To see through a cover / to expose what is hidden
Example in context
"I giornalisti hanno mangiato la foglia di fico della propaganda ufficiale."
"The journalists saw through the fig leaf of the official propaganda."
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