Provençal expression

cop d'argènt es pas cop de mort

Money

Literal translation

a blow of money is not a blow of death

Meaning

a loss of money is never a fatal blow

Explanation

Literally, a blow of money is not a blow of death. A loss of money, however painful, is never irreparable.

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Other expressions on the same theme

Noun es pas riche qu'a de bèn, mai aquéu que se contèntorich is not who owns much, but who is content es nus e crushe has absolutely nothing coucho lou merlushe's broke, chasing after money es paure coume un gàrri de glèisohe's as poor as a church mouse es au nis de la serphe's in a dangerous spot Qu toujour pren e rèn noun douno, a la fin cadun l'abandounowho always takes and never gives ends up abandoned by all