Italian idioms
What does “Che pizza!” mean?
Che pizza!
Word for word
What a pizza!
What it really means
How boring, what a bore. The standard complaint about anything long and monotonous: a slow movie, an endless meeting, a long line.
How we say it in English
What a drag!
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Non tutte le ciambelle riescono col buco
You win some, you lose some
Cadere come il cacio sui maccheroni
Just what the doctor ordered
Essere buono come il pane
To have a heart of gold
Rendere pan per focaccia
To give someone a taste of their own medicine
Tutto fa brodo
Every little bit helps
Salvare capra e cavoli
To keep everyone happy — English has no single idiom for a solution where nobody loses