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q[0]= "<font color=#000000><b>Meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani.</b><br><i>(Better an egg today than a chicken tomorrow.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.</small></font></i>";

q[1]= "<font color=#000000><b>Scopa nuova scopa bene.</b><br><i>(A new broom sweeps well.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>A new broom sweeps clean.</small></font></i>";

q[2]= "<font color=#000000><b>Chi cerca trova</b><br><i>(Who searches, finds.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Seek and ye shall find.</small></font></i>";

q[3]= "<font color=#000000><b>Quando il gatto manca, i topi ballano.</b><br><i>(When the cat is missing, the mice dance.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>When the cat's away, the mice will play.</small></font></i>";

q[4]= "<font color=#000000><b>Chi dorme non piglia pesci</b><br><i>(One who sleeps doesn't catch fish.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>The early bird catches the worm.</small></font></i>";

q[5]= "<font color=#000000><b>Prendere due piccione con una fava.</b><br><i>(To catch two pigeons with one bean.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>To kill two birds with one stone.</small></font></i>";

q[6]= "<font color=#000000><b>L'abito non fa il monaco.</b><br><i>(The habit doesn't make a monk.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Clothes don't make the man.</small></font></i>";

q[7]= "<font color=#000000><b>Lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore.</b><br><i>(Far from the eyes, far from the heart.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Out of sight, out of mind.</small></font></i>";

q[8]= "<font color=#000000><b>Dimmi con chi vai chi ti diro chi sei.</b><br><i>(Tell me who you go with and I'll tell you who you are.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>A man is known by the company he keeps.</small></font></i>";

q[9]= "<font color=#000000><b>Fra il due mali scegli il minore.</b><br><i>(Between two evils, choose the lesser.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Choose the lesser of two evils.</small></font></i>";

q[10]= "<font color=#000000><b>Chi troppo vuole nulla stringe</b><br><i>(One who wants too much holds on to nothing.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Grasp all, lose all.</small></font></i>";

q[11]= "<font color=#000000><b>Non si puo avere la botte piena è la moglie ubriaca.</b><br><i>(You can't have a full bottle and a drunken wife.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>You can't have your cake and eat it too.</small></font></i>";

q[12]= "<font color=#000000><b>Non fare il passo piu lungo della gamba.</b><br><i>(Don't make a step longer than your leg.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Don't cross your bridges till you come to them.</small></font></i>";

q[13]= "<font color=#000000><b>Oggi in figura, domani in sepoltura.</b><br><i>(Today in person, tomorrow in a grave.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Here today, gone tomorrow.</small></font></i>";

q[14]= "<font color=#000000><b>Chi va ai al mulino s'infarina.</b><br><i>(One who goes to the mill gets flour on himself.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled.</small></font></i>";

q[15]= "<font color=#000000><b>Nulla è nuovo sotto il sole.</b><br><i>(Nothing is new under the sun.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>There is nothing new under the sun.</small></font></i>";

q[16]= "<font color=#000000><b>L'occhio del padrone ingrassa il cavallo.</b><br><i>(The eye of the owner makes the horse fat.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>A business thrives under the eye of its owner.</small></font></i>";

q[17]= "<font color=#000000><b>O mangiar questa minestra o saltar questa finestra.</b><br><i>(Either eat this soup or jump out this window.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Take it or leave it.</small></font></i>";

q[18]= "<font color=#000000><b>Ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio.</b><br><i>(Every medal has its other side.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>There are two sides to every coin.</small></font></i>";

q[19]= "<font color=#000000><b>Un belle gioco dura poco.</b><br><i>(A good game lasts a short time.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Jokes should not be carried too far.</small></font></i>";

q[20]= "<font color=#000000><b>L'erba cattiva non muore mai.</b><br><i>(Bad grass never dies.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>A bad penny is always turning up.</small></font></i>";

q[21]= "<font color=#000000><b>Non c'è due senza tre</b><br><i>(There are not two without three.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>It never rains but it pours.</small></font></i>";

q[22]= "<font color=#000000><b>Non domandare all'oste se ha buon vino.</b><br><i>(Don't ask the host if he has good wine.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small></small></font></i>";

q[23]= "<font color=#000000><b>Dio non paga il sabato</b><br><i>(God doesn't pay on Saturday.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>The mills of God grind slowly.</small></font></i>";

q[24]= "<font color=#000000><b>Il diavolo fa le pentole ma non i coperchi.</b><br><i>(The devil makes the pots but not the lids.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>The devil teaches us his tricks but not how to hide them.</small></font></i>";

q[25]= "<font color=#000000><b>Un diavolo caccia l'altro.</b><br><i>(One devil hunts the other.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>One evil drives away another</small></font></i>";

q[26]= "<font color=#000000><b>Chi ben comincia è: a meta dell'opera.</b><br><i>(One who begins well has done half the work.)</></font><br>- <i><font color=#000000><small>Well begun is half done.</small></font></i>";

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