Provençal proverb

Emé encaro un gavèu es cue.

Medicine and Doctors

Maritime Provençal

Emé encaro un gavèu es cue.

Meaning

One more vine-shoot and he is done for.

Note : Said of a sick person who has only a few days left to live.

Theme

Medicine and Doctors

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

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