Provençal proverb

De tout pèu lia rosso.

Animals and Insects

Maritime Provençal

De tout pèu lia rosso.

Meaning

From every coat there is a jade.

Note : Said of a fine horse that is restive. Applied to a person of good family whose conduct is irregular.

Theme

Animals and Insects

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

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