caciu nta li maccarruna
Appearance
Sicilian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “cheese on macaroni”. Same as Italian cacio sui maccheroni.
Noun
[edit]caciu nta li maccarruna m (uncountable)
- a perfect situation
- càdiri lu caciu nta li maccarruna ― to happen at the right moment
- È comu lu caciu nta li maccarruna.
- It's perfect.
References
[edit]- Traina, Antonino (1868) “càciu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 607