affogare in un bicchier d'acqua

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to drown in a cup of water”.

Verb

affogàre in un bicchier d'acqua (first-person singular present affógo in un bicchier d'acqua or affògo in un bicchier d'acqua[1], first-person singular past historic affogài in un bicchier d'acqua, past participle affogàto in un bicchier d'acqua, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (idiomatic) to lose heart when encountering the smallest difficulty

References
  1. affogo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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