Provençal proverb

A manja de gounflo gus

Food and Drink

Maritime Provençal

A manja de gounflo gus

Meaning

He has eaten the puff-up-the-poor — he has eaten beans.

Note : A coarse expression meaning that someone has eaten beans.

Theme

Food and Drink

Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.