"Avrei dato un occhio per vedere lo spettacolo."

Translation: I would have given an eye to see the show.

[ackworth]

It's a bit extreme, isn't it?

[TrevKAllred]

It's worth it though. The show was seriously amazing

[duncan_whyte]

Too bad he couldn't see it, having lost his eye

[johnrush]

Self-defeating. Because it would then be harder to see the show.

[Dino705106]

That is why in Canada we only give an arm and a leg.

[JoyceA]

I said "I would have given anything to see the show." The owl wasn't having any of it -- he wanted "an eye" or "an arm" or nothing at all. I guess I should be grateful he wasn't insisting on a "right arm." Meh. I heard the show wasn't that great anyway.

[dlmoore28944]

I would have given an arm and a leg!

[higashinishi]

You would have need to go to the gate of truth

[Dino705106]

Duo thinks that is a bit extreme. He will settle for just an arm

[RayAtkinson]

I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

[wiplala]

I would have given my left ear. (since it is not functioning anymore anyway) :)

[ElspethNina]

presumably this is an actual Italian idiom - which would probably translate to "my right arm"

[Sofia222677]

It's NOT an Italian idiom, but just a made-up phrase by Duolingo. I'm Italian and also checked on dictionaries just to be sure.

Now, "dare un occhio a qualcuno/qualcosa" is an actual expression meaning "to check on someone", "to have a look at something".

[HenrikUth]

Why can't I 'watch' the show?

[Sedona2007]

vedere => to see
guardare => to watch
The owl is very picky about these.

[keeper.here]

why is 'spectacle' not accepted?

[Donata930481]

I thought 'da un occhio' would translate as 'give my eyeteeth' but Duo wouldn't accept it. I've never heard anyone in England say they would 'give an eye'.

[Sofia222677]

It's not an Italian idiom either.

An idiom involving an eye is "costare un occhio della testa" (to cost an arm and a leg), but it's used to say that something is very expensive.

[Anemona11]

i think a common expression would be: I would have given my right hand to see the show.

[warikl]

Why is 'see the spectacle' wrong? DL said 'see the play'. But I hardly see that as a direct translation.

[john585666]

I would give my right hand to play the piano like Benjamin Grosvenor.

[IntegrationAsh]

Or Paul Wittgenstein?

[john585666]

That is dark humour but I like it, it is funny.

[gooley]

Thanks for a good chuckle .

[john585666]

Oh well, with one eye you can still see the show, but I shouldn't make a habit of it.

[clairemenzies]

I thought this was equivalent to the English idiom of giving an arm & a leg, but this wasn’t accepted