“Come il cacio sui maccheroni”: that’s what Italians say to describe two things which are perfect together. Like exactly, cheese and macaroni! The sentence means, in fact, like the cheese on macaroni and it can be compared to the english “just what the doctor ordered”.
It definitelly looks perfect!
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Literally: to have a nail fixed in the head. But don’t worry, not in reality!
Avere un chiodo fisso in testa means to be fixated on something; to have a mania, something that keeps our mind concentrated just on it. It could be something like “Jane thinks always about her boyfriend…she’s fixated on him!”
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It’s something that happens often in springtime! Have you ever experienced the feeling of being somewhere else than where you actually are? That’s what we define in Italian Essere tra le nuvole, which means to daydream, to be “in the clouds”…but without flying of course! 
Maybe you’re in love? Maybe you’re bored and you would like to be in a wonderful place? Your eyes look towards the sky and you seem to be asleep…with your eyes open! You’re tra le nuvole…a good thing to feel happy…but mind your steps!
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Are we talking about cats? Yes, you can say. The expression in fact means literally “four cats” and it’s used in Italian to indicate that in a particular place or situation were just a few people; an example?
“C’eran giusto quattro gatti al cinema” doesn’t actually mean that suddenly four cats invaded the cinema, but just that there was a little audience 
No cats around, then!
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