Provençal expression

Agué lou biais

Character

Literal translation

to have the way of it

Meaning

to have the knack, the know-how

Explanation

To have the knack, the right way of doing things. The word biais, borrowed by standard French with a narrower and slightly negative sense, a roundabout means, keeps in Provençal its broad, positive meaning, manner, way, kind. Saying of someone that he has le biais is a plain compliment, a possible source of misunderstanding between a Provençal speaker and an outsider to the language.

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