sfidare la sorte

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Keith

Today’s Parola del Giorno is the verb expression, sfidare la sorte, which means to tempt fate.   In English, to tempt fate means to do something with involves a risk and might possibly cause something unpleasant happen or to bring bad luck upon yourself by talking too confidently about a situation.  You can see the word used below in its context:

Mi sono svegliato stamattina e la mia ragazza mi ha detto: “Non dimenticare l’ombrello…pioverà!” Ma ho sfidato la sorte e l’ho lasciato a casa. Sono stato uno stupido! Quando sono arrivato al lavoro, ero tutto bagnato!!

I woke up this morning, and my girlfriend told me: “Don’t forget the umbrella…it will rain!”  But I tempted fate and left it at home.  I was an idiot!  When I got to work, I was all wet!

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