Triveneto:
routes from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea
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VENETIAN PROVERBS AND IDIOMS
El s-ciopo vodo fa paura a do
With the empty guns, both persons are afraid
Chi che ga schei ga senpre rason
The rich is always right
Far e disfar xe tuto un laorar
Making and unmaking is always working
Chi varda a luna casca inte el foso
Who looks at the moon may fall down into the ditch
Bruti in fase, bei in strase
Ugly newborn and wonderful after
A cièsa no la ga da esar pi alta del campanil
The wife has not to be more important than the husband
Chi ciama Dio, no le contento
We pray God when we are unhappy
Chi ga inventà el vin, se nol xe in Paradiso, el xe visìn
Who invented the wine is surely in paradise or near it
PROVERBS AND IDIOMS FROM TRENTINO SUEDTIROL
Chi g'ha braga paga, chi g'ha vesta gode la festa
When the man pay, the woman enjoy the party
Quando le ròndole le sfrisa la tera el piove de zerto
When the swallows fly close to the ground announcing rain
Cà sensa om, car sensa timon
The house without a man is a cart without rudder
Done, orolòi e cavài no se i garantis mai
Women, clocks and horses don't have any guarantee
Gropi, seradure e dòne, bisogna torli co le bone
With the knots, locks, and women, it need to be patient
Nadal col Sol, Pasqua col stizon
With a sunny Christmas, the Easter will be rainy
Anca al meio pescadòr scampa l'anguilla
Also to the best fisherman, escapes the eel
Chi arte nu sa far, butega sera
People that don't know how to do their job, close their shops
Mac' sut, gran dapartut
If in May little rain, there will be a bumper harvest
Baso de dona 'l pu de le volte te coiona
A woman kiss more often deceive
Jeder weiB am besten wi ihn der Schuh druckt
Everyone knows where his shoe tightens
Nach dem Sparer kommt der Zehrer
After the stingy there is the wasteful
Guat ist guat, aber bösser ist bösser
Good is great but better is the best
Gegen den Wind kann man net prunze
You can not piss against the wind
All's was man verlangt, hat man nie 'kriegt
Always we don't obtain what we ask
Besser fünf Zentimeter Handel als ein Meter Arbeit
Is better 5cm of traffic than a meter of work
Selbst gesponnen, selbst gemacht, ist die beste Bauerntracht
Spin on its own, do it on its ownis the best custom peasant
Miller und Advokaten kemmen in die Hell
Millers and lawyers will go to the hell
PROVERBS AND IDIOMS FROM FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Ancje Dio al è furlan; sa nol pae vuei, al pae doman
God is Friulian, if He not pay today, He will pay tomorrow
Tante confidenze 'e fâs pierdi la riverenze
If there is too much cofidence, the riverence is lost
Xe mejo un comandante mona che due inteligenti
Is better a silly commander than two intelligent
L'àur al lus àncje tal pantan
Gold glitters even in the mire
A baste miezore par imparà a fà i siors
In only half an hour we learn to be rich
Xe mejo esser paròn de barca che comandante de vapòr
It's better to be proprietor of a boat that commanding of a ship
Cul pan sut ognidun diventa mut
Who it has alone bread to eat, it is lacking also the desire to speak
Cagar su l'amo
Mess on the hook (do not mantian a promise)