Provençal expression

S'acò's pas vuei, sara deman

Weather and Time

Literal translation

if it is not today, it will be tomorrow

Meaning

if not today, then tomorrow

Explanation

What does not happen today will happen another day: this proverb of patience puts urgency into perspective, literally "if it is not today, it will be tomorrow".

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Un jour noun l'autreEvery other day Pèr Sant-Toumas li jour soun au plus bas.At Saint Thomas, the days are at their shortest. Quouro li nèblo fan pan, se noun plòu vuei, plouro deman.When the mists stretch out, if it does not rain today, it will rain tomorrow. Tout à la foisAll at once n'en passara d'aigo à la ribieroa lot of water will flow under the bridge dins un vira d'ueiin the blink of an eye