Si chiude una porta e si apre un portone


Si chiude una porta e si apre un portone! You have almost the same saying in English, but, ours is more drammatic, obviously: as a door closes, the entrance door (portone) opens. This was my answer when the lovely girl at the beach bar told me that she broke up with her boyfriend… si chiude una porta e si apre un portone → meaning→ a better boyfriend or ‘The one’ is on the way;-)