Tuscan proverbs
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Proverbs from all Tuscan speaking parts of the world.
Contents
L[edit]
- La natura può più dell'arte.
- Idiomatic translation: Nature is beyond all teaching.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 764. ISBN 0415096243.
I[edit]
- Il medico pietoso fa la piaga puzzolente.
- Idiomatic translation: Mild physician – putrid wounds.
- Meaning: Telling harsh truths constructively (to yourself as well) and stern measures makes for a good figurative and literal cure.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 710. ISBN 0415096243.
N[edit]
- Ne' fiori cova la serpe.
- Idiomatic translation: Look before you leap, for snakes among sweet flowers do creep.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 1070. ISBN 0415096243.
See also[edit]
- Bolognese proverbs
- Corsican proverbs
- Italian proverbs
- Lombard proverbs
- Milanese proverbs
- Neapolitan proverbs
- Piedmontese proverbs
- Sardinian proverbs
- Sicilian proverbs
- Tuscan proverbs
- Venetian Proverbs
