giorno e notte
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “day and night”.
Adverb
[edit]- day and night; unceasingly
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- Ti spiavano giorno e notte, ma se non perdevi la testa, li potevi pur sempre fregare.
- They could spy upon you night and day, but if you kept your head you could still outwit them.
- (literally, “They spied on you day and night, but if you didn't lose your head, you could always fool them.”)