
Peeping Tom

Guardone 
Voyeur

Guardone 
Voyeur
Meanings
A person who likes sly peeping
Examples
There is always a Peeping Tom near the girls' dressing room
C'è sempre un guardone vicino allo spogliatoio femminile
Our neighbors' daughters usually swim in the nude in their pool and my little brother is turning into a disgusting peeping Tom, trying to watch them from the attic window
Le figlie dei vicini di solito fanno il bagno nude nella loro piscina e il mio fratellino si sta trasformando in un guardone. È sempre in soffitta che cerca di sbirciarle dalla finestraOrigin
In 1040, Leofric, lord of Coventry (England), levied unbearable taxes upon the population. His wife, Lady Godiva, asked him repeatedly to lower the taxes and he finally promised to do so if she would ride nude through the streets of the town. She agreed and, after asking the townsfolk to stay indoor with the windows shut, she rode through the town "with no covering but her flowing tresses". Only one man, the tailor, peeped through a crack in the shutter of his shop. The townsfolk got their taxes lowered and "Peeping Tom" was struck blind