Provençal proverb

Vai bèn mau dins un oustau
Quand la galino fa lou gau.

Animals and Insects

Maritime Provençal

Vai bèn mau dins un oustau
Quand la galino fa lou gau.

Meaning

Things go very ill in a household when the hen plays the cock.

Note : Generally applied to households in which the wife holds command.

Theme

Animals and Insects

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

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