Provençal expression

Agué lou pan e lou coutèu

Character

Literal translation

to have the bread and the knife

Meaning

to have everything needed to succeed

Explanation

To have everything needed to succeed, literally to have the bread and the knife, the image of everything gathered to eat. It is often used to regret that someone holding all the cards fails to make use of them, like a person handed a promising job who does not take it seriously.

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