(idiomatic, transitive with a) to be the birthplace (of)

(intransitive, idiomatic) to do in record time

(idiomatic) to settle accounts, to even the score [+ con (someone) = with]

(idiomatic) to make it clear that one is ready to react aggressively; to bare one's teeth

(accounting) to balance the books / (figurative, by extension) to settle one's account [+ con (someone) = with]

to be in control of other people or situations; to mastermind; to pull the strings

masculine plural of a mano libera

(idiomatic) to take the wind out of someone's sails

when the cat's away the mice will play

Alternative form of chiudere la stalla quando i buoi sono scappati