
Why do they say “you’re a salami”? What it means and the origin of the saying
Credits: André Karwath via Wikimedia Commons. The Italian language is gourmet: this can also be seen in the use of food expressions to define people. Among all the foods that populate the figurative lexicon, the salami occupies a place of its own. Telling someone “you’re a salami” is one way to describe behavior or cognitive abilities of the person you ...








