English-Italian translations for back and forth

• avanti e indietro
  La questione non può essere rimandata avanti e indietro in questo modo. This issue cannot be kicked back and forth like that.
  Il primo è il circo viaggiante del Parlamento che fa la spola avanti e indietro da Strasburgo. One is Parliament's travelling circus shuttling back and forth to Strasbourg.
  Parliamo di riscaldamento globale, eppure emettiamo migliaia di tonnellate di gas a effetto serra con i camion che trasportano avanti e indietro la documentazione necessaria. We talk about global warming and yet we emit thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gases as fleets of lorries transport the necessary documentation back and forth.
• andirivieni
  Un modesto appello: per il governo svedese durante la Presidenza non sarebbe possibile azzardare un'iniziativa che possa porre fine a questo andirivieni? A small entreaty: would it not be possible for the Swedish Government during the Presidency to hazard an initiative which might put an end to this travelling back and forth?
• viavai

Definition of back and forth

• From one place to another and back again
• Going from one place or position to another and back again
• The movement forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing
• Negotiations or discussions between two or more parties, a dialog

Examples

• The back and forth movement of the tide causes erosion of the coastline.

Related words

• back handspring
• backwards and forwards
• you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
• pace back and forth
• you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
• swap back and forth
• back of the hand
• hand back
• back of hand