Provençal proverb

Vau pas lei braio d'un pendu.

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

Maritime Provençal

Vau pas lei braio d'un pendu.

Meaning

He is not worth the breeches of a hanged man.

Note : Variant of the French proverb Il ne vaut pas la corde pour le pendre.

Theme

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

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

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