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Provençal proverb

Se pigno pas 'me un fus.

Rich and Poor

Maritime Provençal

Se pigno pas 'me un fus.

Meaning

He does not comb his hair with a spindle.

Note : Said of someone who is well off.

Theme

Rich and Poor

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

More proverbs on this theme

Se mando pas la man au sen per uno niero.He does not put his hand in his breast for the sake of a flea. Lou Bouon-Diéu fa pas toutei lei paure.The good Lord does not make all the poor. Paureta meno lagno.Poverty breeds trouble. Quand lou paure douno au riche, lou diable s'en ris.When the poor man gives to the rich, the devil laughs.