Mamma, what about cabbages for tea time?
August 18th 2011 by Giulia
The Italian language is full of typical words, common proverbs and idiomatic expressions.
Let's try to learn some of them!
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If you are thinking “how could I have missed this important information about Italians!” Well, don’t worry! We are, maybe, not easily understandable for a couple of things, but no: we don’t usually eat cabbage for the afternoon snack.
This is only one of the tons of fun food related idioms we LOVE:
“C’entra come i cavoli a merenda”
Translation: It's as relevant as cabbage for snacks.
Which means: It doesn’t fit - it’s inappropriate
It is maybe an Italian peculiarity, as food plays an important role in Italian culture, but I think that we are not the only ones! Let’s make a list of fun food related idioms: feel free to share!
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