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1. "Essere alla frutta" means "Being arrived at the fruit". Literally. But when you are "at the fruit" you are metaphorically where?
2. "Avere le mani in pasta" literally means "Having the hands into the dough". But what does it mean in everyday Italian conversation?
3. We all love pizza. But when Italians describe something, for instance a film, as "a pizza", what does they mean?
4. Talking about "bufala", what does this word mean in Italian - apart from the best type of mozzarella?
5. In Italy, someone calls you "salame" (salami); it means that you are what?
6. If you have a crush on someone, expect your Italian friends to say you are what?
7. A soap opera, an overlong movie, a badly written novel with too many characters - all of these are often described by Italians as "polpettone". Which kind of recipe is "polpettone"?
8. When someone in Italy noses into everything, he is said to be like which herb or spice?
9. A beautiful Italian lady of around fifty steps into the room. Everybody's stunned because she looks even better now than twenty years ago. Someone whispers in awe: "E' come il vino!" ("She's like wine!"). What's the reason for this expression?
10. "Six of one, and half a dozen of the other." That's the idiom in English. But in Italian, as usual, it's eatable: "Se non è zuppa, è pan bagnato". What does it mean, literally?
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