Provençal expression

i'ai mes lou noum de la vióuleto

Wisdom

Literal translation

I put the name of the violet on it

Meaning

I've given up on it for good

Explanation

To give up on something for good, literally I put the name of the violet on it.

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fai de bèn à Martin, te cago dins la mando good to Martin, he repays it with ill treatment es pèr trop la sarra que s'escapo l'anguielogrip too tightly and it slips away au bord dóu baus i'a lou debaussadouat the cliff's edge lies the drop a forço de trop courre, vous roumpès pièi lou mourrerun too hard and you'll fall flat on your face pantaia de tasta de causo douço, enganamendreaming of sweets brings only disappointment Fai de bèn à Bertrand…what ingratitude!