The Provençal expressions on the theme “Work” gather 27 traditional sayings, presented in Mistralian spelling with their meaning in English.
avé de pan à la panieroto have a lot on one's plate Fai pas bon travaia quand la cigalo cantoit's no good working while the cicada sings es un miòu de travaihe's a hard worker se met en quatrehe goes out of his way, bends over backwards fai di pèd e di manhe's pulling out all the stops se grata lou davans di cambo pèr se faire veni li bas rougeto scratch one's legs raw to fake an ailment faire tóuti li fèsto de Sant Cabedèuto party endlessly, celebrate nonstop a l'espalo de Carlo-Magno dins l'esquinohe puts on airs of importance faire la semano di sèt dimencheto celebrate non-stop for a whole week a lou sacrebiéu dóu travaihe has the fire of a real hard worker es l'amo de l'oustauhe's the heart and soul of the household es feniant coume un Arlequinhe's extremely lazy fai pas bouen travaia quand la cigalo cantoit's no good working while the cicada sings Agué lei man gòbito have fingers numb from cold or effort Ana/feni ei dàtito fall back on some menial, poorly paid job Ana plan-planto go slowly, gently Cerca Moulinàrito be slow or idle in getting a task done Èstre bèn fatigato be utterly exhausted Èstre santounto be slow, sluggish Faire pu lèu un tour que dousto be slow, sluggish Forces pas !don't strain yourself La matinado fa la jornadothe bulk of the day's work gets done in the morning Li a de grame à triathere's a lot of work still to sort out Pèr tasta lei figo fau manda la manto get what you want, you must dare and take risks Si creba lou bedeletto work oneself to exhaustion Si leva la pèuto wear oneself out working hard Un vènt à derraba la coua eis aian extremely violent wind