Provençal expression

estre la couio

Character

Literal translation

to be the fool

Meaning

to be a laughing stock

Explanation

To be made a fool of by others, to be the laughing stock of a group, that's what this phrase says, literally "to be the fool".

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bèsti coume un cadèuas silly as a puppy a un brave toupethe has some nerve a passa la regohe went too far Èstre dóu Martegueto be a simpleton Èstre dre coumo uno bigoto stand bolt upright, stiff as a post es faus coume Judashe's as false as Judas