Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
drive your way through Italy
English answer:
use a car to travel through Italy, as opposed to a train, etc
Added to glossary by
NancyLynn
Nov 27, 2006 13:57
17 yrs ago
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English term
Türkiye
20 years in IT translation!
Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul ) 
Works in: English, Turkish to English, English to Turkish
What does drive your way mean ?
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drive your way
What does drive your way mean ?
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| 1 | drive across |
NancyLynn
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| 4 +1 | (Just try and) drive through |
David Moore (X)
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drive across
Drive across Italy - find your way across Italy by driving, rather than say, going by train or flying
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Caryl Swift
: Yes - travel through Italy by car
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David Moore (X)
: It's just not strong enough...
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Payam Fazli
: In this case the speaker shouldn't have to say : Drive your way through THAT Italy...-- It should have read like : Drive your way through Italy
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you would never see "drive your way through THAT Italy". Iit's not English.
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(Just try and) drive through
This should have been posted in the I - E pair, rather than here, then you would have all manner of answers from those who have actually driven in Italy.
The speaker is referring obliquely to the very difficulty of "driving through Italy", so although Nancy is not wrong, I'm afraid she's not got the emphasis the speaker gave the statement. I have driven IN Italy, between Rome to Naples a number of times, and believe me, it's "hell on wheels" - paritcularly in Naples, where they gave up on traffic lights long ago, so that's something like a traffic jam ten km in diameter...
The speaker is referring obliquely to the very difficulty of "driving through Italy", so although Nancy is not wrong, I'm afraid she's not got the emphasis the speaker gave the statement. I have driven IN Italy, between Rome to Naples a number of times, and believe me, it's "hell on wheels" - paritcularly in Naples, where they gave up on traffic lights long ago, so that's something like a traffic jam ten km in diameter...
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Robert Fox
: Maybe reminiscent of the old cattle drives through the wild west!!
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Or a stampede, perhaps??
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