Provençal proverb

Es un tro bèl aglan per un tant foutu pouer.

Miscellaneous

Maritime Provençal

Es un tro bèl aglan per un tant foutu pouer.

Meaning

It is too fine an acorn for such a wretched pig.

Theme

Miscellaneous

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

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