Like the cheese on macaroni.

More Italian Proverbs

• Don’t put a finger between a husband and wife.
• After the rain comes sunshine.
• No flies enter a closed mouth.
• When you finish the game, the king and pawn end up in the same box.
• When the devil caresses you, he wants your soul.
• God guards me from my friends; I guard myself from my enemies.
• Where gold speaks, every tongue is silent.
• There’s a sea between saying and doing.
• Like the cheese on macaroni.
• Idleness is the father of all vices.
• Where there is no temptation there is no glory.
• Old sins have long shadows.
• A house without a woman is like a lantern without the light.
• Time passes and does not return.
• When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.
• God listens to short prayers.
• The wolf is made bigger than it is.
• Bread opens all mouths.
• Eat well, laugh often, love much.
• He who knows most, talks least.
• Give them a finger and they’ll take an arm.
• Help yourself so that God will help you.
• He who is not with me is against me.
• He who does evil, is never short of an excuse.
• It’s easy to scare a bull from a window.
• Good seed makes good fruit.
• He who perseveres wins at last.