in un modo o nell'altro

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “in one way or in the other”.

Prepositional phrase

in un modo o nell'altro

1. anyway, in any case
2. one way or another

   Synonym: in qualche modo

   • 2013, chapter 4, in F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 92:

     Da West Egg venivano i Pole e i Mulready, Cecil Roebuc e Cecil Schoen, Gulik il senatore e Newton Orchid, tra i proprietari della Film Par Excellence, Eckhaust e Clyde Cohen, Don S. Schwartze (il figlio) e Arthur McCarty, tutti nel giro del cinema in un modo o nell'altro.

     From West Egg came the Poles and the Mulreadys and Cecil Roebuck and Cecil Schoen and Gulick the state senator and Newton Orchid who controlled Films Par Excellence and Eckhaust and Clyde Cohen and Don S. Schwartze (the son) and Arthur McCarty, all connected with the movies in one way or another.

     (literally, “From West Egg came the Poles and the Mulreadys, Cecil Roebuc and Cecil Schoen, Gulik the senator and Newton Orchid, among the owners of the Film Par Excellence, Eckhaust and Clyde Cohen, Don S. Schwartze (the son) and Arthur McCarty, all involved with film in one way or another.”)