Provençal proverb

L'ome mandat es un aucèu en gabiolo.

The Unfortunate

Maritime Provençal

L'ome mandat es un aucèu en gabiolo.

Meaning

A married man is a bird in a cage.

Theme

The Unfortunate

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

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