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les zaricos sont salés

/le za.ri.ko sɔ̃ sa.le/

interjection/le za.ri.ko sɔ̃ sa.le/

things are going fine

Comment sont les zaricos? — Oh, les zaricos sont salés!How're things? — Oh, they're going just fine!

Literally, “the snap beans are salted”. The expression alludes to economic hardship. If one has enough money to afford to salt one's beans, things must be going well.

les zaricos sont salés — French Dictionary | Passage