Provençal proverb

Pren uno paio per un saumié.

The Lazy and the Fearful

Maritime Provençal

Pren uno paio per un saumié.

Meaning

He mistakes a straw for a beam.

Theme

The Lazy and the Fearful

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

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