"in punta di piedi" meaning in Italian

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        "1": "in point of feet."
      },
      "expansion": "“in point of feet.”",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in point of feet."
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “in point of feet.”",
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        "2": "sur la pointe des pieds"
      },
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “in point of feet.” Compare French sur la pointe des pieds.",
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      "expansion": "in punta di piedi",
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  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "on tiptoe"
      ],
      "id": "en-in_punta_di_piedi-it-prep_phrase-dPLHa-tK",
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          "on tiptoe",
          "on tiptoe"
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        {
          "english": "Look, let me say it advisedly, so to speak, because this is a topic on which I have been working every day since I became Prime Minister and that I monitor on a daily basis.",
          "ref": "2024, Porta a Porta, spoken by Giorgia Meloni",
          "text": "Guardi, lo dico diciamo in punta di piedi, perché questa è una materia alle quale io lavoro ogni giorno da quando sono diventata Presidente del Consiglio e che monitoro quotidianamente.",
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        "with caution and agility; while walking on eggshells"
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          "caution",
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          "agility",
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          "walking on eggshells",
          "walk on eggshells"
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        "(figurative, by extension) with caution and agility; while walking on eggshells"
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        "broadly",
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  "word": "in punta di piedi"
}

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    "Italian prepositional phrases"
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        "on tiptoe"
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          "english": "Look, let me say it advisedly, so to speak, because this is a topic on which I have been working every day since I became Prime Minister and that I monitor on a daily basis.",
          "ref": "2024, Porta a Porta, spoken by Giorgia Meloni",
          "text": "Guardi, lo dico diciamo in punta di piedi, perché questa è una materia alle quale io lavoro ogni giorno da quando sono diventata Presidente del Consiglio e che monitoro quotidianamente.",
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      ],
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        "with caution and agility; while walking on eggshells"
      ],
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          "caution",
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          "agility",
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  "word": "in punta di piedi"
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