help translating italian (just a sentence!)

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I know but it is an apt expression don't you think for the idiomatic expression we are considering??=Peter=
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PeterTimber wrote:I know but it is an apt expression don't you think for the idiomatic expression we are considering??=Peter=
Could you please tell me what is an "apt expression"?
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Livio, I'm confused too. The word 'apt' for me indicates:

apt
RELEVANT, applicable, apposite, appropriate, fitting, acceptable, suitable, fit, germane, seemly, proper, correct, accurate, timely, seasonable colloq. spot-on.

I don't think it was an apt expression at all!
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Dear Elba it is my opinion that it is an apt phrase in response to the idomatic expression" where have you been all this time" which I assume to be a sardonic comment..It is an opinion to which we are all entitled to have. Hope your doing well. =Peter=
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Needless to say, the poster has the information they were looking for, and I'm sure they get the general idea!! :lol:

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