May 12, 2000 05:28
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English term
Valerio Valentini
Jiminy Cricket
English to Italian
Other
Is it an expression to say something or just a name?
Proposed translations
(Italian)
| 0 | see below |
Andréa Basili
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| 0 | very quickly |
Henry Dotterer
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| 0 | Dio mio! |
loisavci
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Proposed translations
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Andréa Basili
Italy
Italy
Italy
Maximum precision, stellar quality
Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian, French to English, and 1 more.
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Growing up in the United States, I always heard the expression "Jimminy Cricket!" used to mean "Good grief!" or "Gee Whiz!", which in Italian is more or less "accidenti!". Best regards, Andréa
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Henry Dotterer
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Abkhazian 
Works in: Japanese to English
very quickly
The expression "Jiminy Cricket" can mean "very quickly."
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Dio mio!
"Jiminy Cricket!" can be an expression of surprise. It is also the name of a character in the Disney animated movie of "Pinocchio," specifically the cricket who becomes the conscience of Pinocchio.
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