Provençal proverb

Emé lou tambour l'on pren jamai lèbre.

Hunting and Fishing

Maritime Provençal

Emé lou tambour l'on pren jamai lèbre.

Meaning

With a drum one never catches a hare.

Note : For those who make a great noise about their affairs and would do better to keep quiet.

Theme

Hunting and Fishing

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

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