Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
mangiare la pappa in capo
English translation:
head and shoulders above (me)
Italian term
mangiare la pappa in capo
| 3 +2 | head and shoulders above (me) |
Jennifer Jones
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| 4 | ...to bite the dust |
potra
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| 4 | He outsmarts me big times |
Lise Leavitt
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| 3 | he wipes the floor with me |
Juliette Scott
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Non-PRO (1): WendellR
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Bridging Language Barriers
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
head and shoulders above (me)
| agree |
Joseph Tein
: This suggestion makes the most sense to me.
4 hrs
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| agree |
Sarah Hilditch
: I agree with Joseph
5 hrs
|
United Kingdom
Over 20 years of satisfied clients
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
he wipes the floor with me
...to bite the dust
Mangiare la pappa in capo a qualcuno: it means that someone is unquestionably superior to someone else in skills, shrewdness or some kind of special ability, in your case and point in the IT field.
United States
Flexible, efficient and dedicated.
Native in: Danish 
Works in: Danish to English, English to Danish, Italian to Danish, and 1 more.
He outsmarts me big times
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-08-21 15:04:06 GMT)
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Micro Persuasion: The Web 2.0 World is Skunk Drunk on Its Own Kool-Aid
But the Google YouTube deal and many others that followed (including big time ..... The guy is smart, he most definitely outsmarts me 100 times, ...
www.micropersuasion.com/2007/10/the-web-20-worl.html - 108k - Cached - Similar pages
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