6 fun Italian idioms about food & how to use them | A Coffee Break with Francesca

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Join Francesca from the Coffee Break Italian team for an espresso-style episode, in which you'll have the chance to practise and improve your Italian.

In this episode, she shares six fun Italian idioms – all based on food! Francesca explains the meaning behind expressions like parla come mangi and filare liscio come l’olio, and how to use them naturally in conversation. 🍅🫘

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0:27.8	Security that's a launch pad instead of a limiter, it's possible.
0:29.2	It's OCTA.
0:37.4	Ciao and well-beenutiting a coffee break Italian.
0:38.3	I am Francesca and today I have the pleasure of joining you for a coffee break.
0:45.3	As always, I'm here to help you improve your Italian little by little through these short mini lessons.
0:53.3	Allura, the argument
0:56.0	of today is
0:57.4	Food idioms.
1:00.3	That's right.
1:01.4	Expressions idiomatical
1:03.4	that contain
1:05.0	some kind of
1:05.1	some kind of
1:05.2	the referiment
1:06.3	gastronomical.
1:08.2	I personally
1:09.4	have got
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