Foreign Phrase of the Day: Cavoli Riscaldati

There are phrases we need to borrow from other languages.  From Italian, that phrase of the day is “cavoli riscaldati”.  “Cavoli riscaldati” literally means “reheated cabbage”.  This is derived from a proverb, “Cavoli riscaldati né amore ritornato non fu mai buono”, “neither reheated cabbage nor revived love is ever any good.”  This idiomatic phrase, a sort of synecdoche, means “a pointless attempt to revive a former love affair.”