Provençal expression

plòu e fai soulèu, lou diable bat sa fremo

Nature

Literal translation

It rains and the sun shines: the devil is beating his wife.

Meaning

sun and rain together: the devil is beating his wife

Explanation

It rains and the sun shines, the devil is beating his wife. This saying is said when it rains while the sun is shining.

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la luno es fousco, deman o plòu o boufowhen the moon is hazy, tomorrow brings rain or wind fai lou tèms di damothe weather is mild and fickle fai soulèu à la Santo-Baumothe sun is shining over la Sainte-Baume quand li gabian vènon en terro, marco de marrit tèmswhen gulls come ashore, bad weather is coming fai un fre de loupit's bitterly cold fai fre que peloit's a freezing, biting cold