Sayings

In Venice, high water is always high tide, but high tide is not always high water.

High water in Venice and the lagoon is often annoying, uncomfortable and sometimes harmful — and the current climate change is accentuating the phenomenon in frequency and intensity.

How often do you hear people say among the calli: 'Ciò, andémo béver un'ombra!'...?

During the hottest season, summer, everyone knows how oppressive the heat can sometimes be. Sometimes it is even inadvisable to go outside, because it is so hot that everyone is fatigued.

As many know, the term grasso (fat) in reference the two days of Carnival, Tuesday and Thursday, indicates a period in which particularly nutritious foods, sweets, or fats were consumed.

One of the most popular idioms in modern speech.

The word caligo comes from the Latin caligo (-gĭnis) and means caligina, fog, mist, not seeing clearly, obscuring.

Literally it means six hours rises, six hours falls in reference to the tide and the natural bond Venice has with water.

The meaning of this saying is well-known: to remove obstacles, to end something quickly, to put to end an issue without providing further alternatives, to get something done.