Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
ho dovuto fare una bella fatica con il piccolo monello
French translation:
il m'a donné bien du fil à retordre ce petit coquin
Italian term
fare una bella fatica con il piccolo monello
La mia occupazione preferita è dare la caccia al piccolo Percy. Però è divertente perché Percy ha compiuto un anno solo lo scorso agosto. All’inizio ho dovuto ***fare una bella fatica con il piccolo monello*** . Non riusciva a fare nient'altro che sguazzare nell'acqua della fontana.
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Au début, j'ai eu bien des difficultés avec ce petit..??.....
Ho un problema per girare al meglio questa parte in questo contesto...
Grazie 1000 in anticipo per l'aiuto!
e buon w.end a tutti...
Dec 18, 2008 02:19: elysee changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/75875">elysee's</a> old entry - "ho dovuto fare una bella fatica con il piccolo monello"" to ""il m'a donné bien du fil à retordre ce petit coquin""
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Proposed translations
au début , il m'a donné bien du fil à retordre ce petit garnement / ce polisson
Mon cocker me donne du fil à retordre... : Forum auFeminin - 8 ... - [ Traduci questa pagina ]
Mon cocker me donne du fil à retordre... Bonjour! J'ai un petit cocker anglais femmelle (couleur: roux) de 3 mois. Nous l'avons acheté un peu sur un coup de ...
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Note added at 10 heures (2008-12-14 10:32:24 GMT)
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je dirais même mieux: au début , ce petit garnement m'a donné bien du fil à retordre
j'ai eu bien du mal avec ce petit coquin
Italy
Technical, Law, Medicine
Native in: French (Variants: Luxembourgish, Standard-France, Belgian, Canadian, Swiss) 
Works in: Italian to French, English to French, Spanish to French, and 1 more.
avoir toutes les peines du monde avec ce petit chenapan (polisson/coquin/galopin) ou ...
Pour le début, autre solution envisageable : "Ce petit .... m'en a fait voir de toutes les couleurs/ cela a été la croix et la bannière avec ce ....
E' una bella fatica far sudiare quel bambino! : qu'il est épuisant de faire travailler cet enfant! (Garzanti)
Far, durare fatica a... : avoir de la peine, du mal à ... (Signorelli)
Durar fatica a fare qc : avoir de la peine, du mal, avoir toutes les peines du monde.
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