caciu nta li maccarruna
Sicilian
Etymology
Literally, “cheese on macaroni”. Same as Italian cacio sui maccheroni.
Phrase
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
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “càciu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 607