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Provençal proverb

Garda-vous d'un ome qu'a ren a faire.

Advice

Maritime Provençal

Garda-vous d'un ome qu'a ren a faire.

Meaning

Beware of a man who has nothing to do.

Theme

Advice

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

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