guts

coraggio, fegato

Il coraggio di fare qualcosa di difficile, spaventoso o disapprovato dagli altri.

In inglese semplice: The courage to do something difficult, frightening, or unpopular.

• You have guts.
• It took guts to speak up.
• Did he have the guts to tell her?

Come si usa: have the guts to do something (She had the guts to challenge the boss.); it takes guts to do something (It takes guts to admit you were wrong.)

Sinonimi: courage, nerve, bravery

Contrari: cowardice

Espressioni comuni: have guts, take guts, guts to do something

viscere, budella

Gli organi all’interno della pancia, soprattutto gli intestini.

In inglese semplice: The organs inside the belly, especially the intestines.

• He removed the fish's guts.
• The wound exposed the animal's guts.
• She cleaned the guts from the kitchen sink.

Sinonimi: entrails, innards

Espressioni comuni: fish guts, spill someone’s guts, remove the guts

meccanismi interni, viscere

Parti principali all’interno di qualcosa, o dettagli che ne permettono il funzionamento.

In inglese semplice: The main parts inside something, or the details that make it work.

• He understands the guts of the business.
• Removing the cover exposed the computer's guts.
• We need to examine the guts of this system.

Come si usa: the guts of something (The technician showed me the guts of the machine.)

Sinonimi: inner workings, core

Espressioni comuni: guts of something, computer guts, machine’s guts

intestini, budella

Lunghi tubi all’interno del corpo attraverso cui passa il cibo dopo essere uscito dallo stomaco.

In inglese semplice: The long tubes inside bodies that food passes through after leaving the stomach.

• These bacteria live in animals' guts.
• The fish guts were removed before cooking.
• Healthy guts help animals digest food.

Sinonimi: intestines, bowels

Espressioni comuni: healthy guts, animal guts, fish guts

sentimenti più intimi

I tuoi pensieri e sentimenti più personali e riservati.

In inglese semplice: Your most private thoughts and feelings.

• I spilled my guts to her.
• He poured his guts into a long letter.
• After years of silence, she finally spilled her guts.

Come si usa: spill your guts to someone (She spilled her guts to her closest friend.)

Sinonimi: innermost feelings

Espressioni comuni: spill your guts, pour your guts

resistere, tenere duro

Andare avanti in una situazione difficile, mostrando coraggio e determinazione.

In inglese semplice: To keep going through something difficult by showing courage and determination.

• She decided to guts it out.
• He gutsed out a narrow victory.
• They were gutsing it out through the final minutes.

Come si usa: guts something out (She gutsed the final mile out despite her sore ankle.); guts it out (He had to guts it out until help arrived.)

Sinonimi: persevere, tough it out

Contrari: quit

Espressioni comuni: guts it out, guts out something