Piedmontese proverbs
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Proverbs from all Piedmontese speaking parts of the world.
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A [edit]
- A l'è mej un cativ accordi ch'una bona sentessa.
- Idiomatic translation: A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 0415096243.
C [edit]
- Chi a rinonssia al fat aô prima d'murìa merita nen d'esse compatì.
- Idiomatic translation: God help those who help themselves.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 731. ISBN 0415096243.
E [edit]
- El gieugh per esse bel a venta ch'a dueá poch.
- Idiomatic translation: Leave a jest when it pleases you best.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 863. ISBN 0415096243.
- El pies d' j' ani a l'è pì grev d'tuti.
- Idiomatic translation: Age and poverty are ill to bear.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 177. ISBN 0415096243.
L [edit]
- L'invidia a l'è mai mortanè mai a murirà.
- Idiomatic translation: Envy takes no holiday.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 767. ISBN 0415096243.
T [edit]
- Tuti a s'cerio ii difet d'j aotri, e mai ii sô.
- Idiomatic translation: Forget other faults remembering your own; Forgive and forget.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 838. ISBN 0415096243.
