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B1🌿 Nature & Weather

Fare il bello e il cattivo tempo

To call the shots / to be in charge of everything

Literal Translation

"To make good and bad weather"

What it means

To call the shots / to be in charge of everything

Example in context

"In quella famiglia è sempre la nonna che fa il bello e il cattivo tempo."

"In that family, it is always the grandmother who calls the shots."

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