mettere stoppia sull'aia

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to place stubble on the threshing floor”.

Verb

méttere stoppia sull'aia (first-person singular present métto stoppia sull'aia, first-person singular past historic mìsi stoppia sull'aia, past participle mésso stoppia sull'aia, auxiliary avére)

  1. (rare, idiomatic) to do something useless, to waste time

Further reading
  • aia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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