Provençal expression

a plus que lis uei pèr ploura

Money

Literal translation

he has nothing left but his eyes to weep with

Meaning

he's lost everything

Explanation

Literally, he has nothing left but his eyes to cry with. Said of a ruined person who has lost everything.

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Other expressions on the same theme

Tirarié de pessu au mabre/ei vitrohe's exceedingly stingy li sòu venon pas en picant dóu pèdmoney doesn't fall from the sky es paure coume Jobhe's as poor as Job sènso argènt te couneissieran pas, emé d'argènt te couneissiras paswithout money nobody knows you, with money you no longer know yourself tiro lou diable pèr la cohe's struggling to make ends meet es dins la debinohe's down on his luck, broke