Italians are very superstitious and, obviously, they have different gestures and expressions they use to ward off bad luck. In a previous article I focused on some objects and gestures that Italians use against bad luck – How to get rid of bad luck – Italian practices. In this article, instead, I’d like to talk …
Italian idioms
Eight Italian sayings about food
New year’s Eve is approaching and there’s surely one thing Italians do well that night: eating. But, instead of giving you some recipes you can cook for New year’s Eve, I’m going to teach you some Italian sayings about food. BUONO COME IL PANE Let’s start with the first Italian idiomatic expression related to food: …
Ten Italian insults
Every language has a wide set of idioms. Idioms, as defined in the Cambridge dictionary, are a group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own. For example, if I say It looks like the cat’s got your tongue it …
Ten common Italian idioms
Every language has a wide collection of idioms and sayings. These have usually a figurative meaning. This means that the words forming idioms don’t carry their usual basic meaning but one more complex. To understand an idiom you’ve to know it because, otherwise, its meaning is usually difficult to guess. Italian idioms are so common …
