The fish was so fresh that it was being cooked while its tail was still in the sea.
More Sicilian Proverbs:
Better to be born a limpet in the sea, than a load bearing donkey.Sicilian
Don't make friends with monks and soldiers.
Sicilian
Only God can judge and foretell.
Sicilian
For a cow and a calf you need a man and a stable boy.
Sicilian
The ideal is a four year old dog, an eight year old horse, an eighteen year old woman and a twenty eight year old man.
Sicilian
From the frying pan into the fire.
Sicilian