Provençal proverb

S'es foundu coume un aiòli.

Miscellaneous

Maritime Provençal

S'es foundu coume un aiòli.

Meaning

He has melted away like an aioli.

Note : Said of something that disappears all at once. Aïoli, made of garlic, bread and beaten oil, forms a paste.

Theme

Miscellaneous

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

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