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Provençal proverb

Davans que se siegue boulega, aurias tua un ase a cau de poun.

Simpletons

Maritime Provençal

Davans que se siegue boulega, aurias tua un ase a cau de poun.

Meaning

Before he has stirred himself, you could have beaten a donkey to death with your fists.

Theme

Simpletons

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

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Es un gros Darnagas.He is a great blockhead. Vous lacho lei resoun coume leis ai lei pet.He flings his reasons at you as donkeys let fly their wind. Lou fourrié pas fouesso fusteja per n'en faire un imbecile.It would take little whittling to turn him into an imbecile. A coume lei testo de moutoun, ris de soun malur.He is like sheep's heads — he grins at his own misfortune.