Literal translation
to pull worry
Meaning
to cause worry
Explanation
One might say: "this business tira soucit me". Like a number of common Provençal phrases, it is built without an article, a pattern far more widespread in Provençal than in French (coula bugado, "to do the laundry"), reaching even prepositions (partir bonne heure). The verb tira is often used to mean "to do": tira de pessu, "to pinch", tira camin, "to cover ground", que tèms tiro?, "what's the weather doing?". Since it touches on intimate feelings, the Provençal form was adopted into regional French, alongside the existing form donner des soucis. A related form: tira peno, "to draw pain".