Se non è zuppa, è pan bagnato *

* If it's not soup, it's wet bread

This idiom is used when someone is left with only one obvious option after trying guessing the other, wrong one.

"Chi ha scritto la Divina Commedia?" "Petrarca?" "No." "Dante, allora." "Beh, se non è zuppa, è pan bagnato..."

"Who wrote the Divine Comedy?" "Petrarch?" "No." "Dante, then." "Well, if it's not soup, it's wet bread..."

Added July 2020 by giadafardin

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