What does “Fare un freddo cane” mean?
Fare un freddo cane
Word for word
To make a dog cold
What it really means
To be unbearably cold. The most common way to complain about winter in everyday conversation.
How we say it in English
To be freezing cold — or, stronger, it's brutal out there
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Piove sul bagnato
When it rains, it pours — but note that English almost always uses it for bad news, while the Italian cuts both ways
Non ci piove
No two ways about it
Avere la luna storta
To get up on the wrong side of the bed
Non vedo l'ora
I can't wait
Ogni morte di papa
Once in a blue moon
In bocca al lupo
Break a leg — and, like "break a leg", you never answer with "thank you"