[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to understand a phrase used in an argument and I'm not familiar with the Italian equivalent, so could you please help me translate 'Tom was dead wrong' into Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The phrase 'Tom was dead wrong' can be translated into Italian as 'Tom aveva torto marcio.' This is a common idiomatic expression used to strongly emphasize that someone's opinion or statement is completely incorrect."}]