Provençal proverb

Acò li vèn dau pedas.

The Lazy and the Fearful

Maritime Provençal

Acò li vèn dau pedas.

Meaning

That goes back to his swaddling clothes.

Note : Of a bad character that has never changed.

Theme

The Lazy and the Fearful

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

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