Provençal proverb

Es lou peirau que mascaro la sartan

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

Maritime Provençal

Es lou peirau que mascaro la sartan

Meaning

It is the cauldron calling the pot black.

Note : For two individuals who trade insults with each other and who are no better one than the other.

Theme

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

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

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