caciu nta li maccarruna

Sicilian

Etymology

Literally, “cheese on macaroni”. Same as Italian cacio sui maccheroni.

Phrase

caciu nta li maccarruna m (uncountable)

1. 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