What does “Passare una notte in bianco” mean?
Passare una notte in bianco
Word for word
To spend a night in white
What it really means
Not to sleep at all. Used for insomnia caused by worry, pain, noise or work.
How we say it in English
Not to sleep a wink
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Essere al verde
To be broke — and note English money idioms run the other way: to be in the red is to be in debt, while green means money
Essere la pecora nera
To be the black sheep — the same animal, the same color
In quattro e quattr'otto
In no time flat — or in the blink of an eye
Avere una fifa blu
To be scared stiff
Lavorare in nero
To work off the books — or under the table
In bocca al lupo
Break a leg — and, like "break a leg", you never answer with "thank you"