Boy phoning, ringing no Scottish or Italian number (2,5,1,6)
I believe the answer is:
la donna e mobile
'number' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'boy phoning ringing no scottish or italian' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'boy' could be 'donn' and 'donn' is located in the answer.
'no' could be 'o' (O resembles 0) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'italian' could be 'i' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'i' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for la donna e mobile that I've seen before include "Theme of inconstancy" , "song" , "operatic piece" , "number" , "Woman so fickle" .)