B1 — Intermediate👁️ Body Parts
Avere il petto gonfio
To be bursting with pride
Literal Translation
"To have a puffed-up chest"
What it means
To be bursting with pride. Describes overwhelming pride, often for a family member's achievement. The physical image is of puffing up one's chest.
Example in context
"Quando sua figlia si è laureata aveva il petto gonfio di orgoglio."
"When his daughter graduated he was bursting with pride."
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