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El mal de la pria xe el peso mal che ghe sia
Prostate pain are the worse that may be
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El mal no domanda permesso
Evil comes without asking permission
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El mal vien a cavalo, e po' el va a piθ
Evil arrives on horseback and goes away on foot
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El megio xe nemigo del ben
The perfection is the enemy of the rightness
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El mondo xe fato a scarpete, chi se le cava e chi se le mete
The world is like shoes: who takes them off and who puts on them
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El morir xe l'ultima capela che se fa
Dying is the latest nonsense that one does
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El moroso deve aver 4 S: solo, savio, solecito e segreto
The right lover must have 4 "S": Single, Sage, Sensitive, and Secret
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El musso co'l ga magnΰ a la grupia el volta el culo
The mule, after eating, turns its back at the crib
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El naso gusta e la boca patisse
When the scent attracts, your mouth may suffer
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El nome del mincion, xe scrito in ogni canton
[Ass who reads]
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El pan de casa stufa
Usual things make you tired
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El pan del mona, xe el primo magnΰ
Nnitwits bread is eaten as the first
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El pan del poareto xe sempre duro
Poors bread is always hard
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El pare fa la roba e i fioi la vende
The father does the stuff and the children sell it
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El pesse grosso magna el picolo
The big fish eats the small one
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El petegolo xe na spia senza paga
The gossiper is a costless spy
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El povar'omo no fa mai ben; se mor la vaca ghe vanza el fien, se la vaca scampa el fien ghe manca
All goes wrong for the poor man: if the cow dies he has an extra hay, if the cow survives he misses the hay
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El primo ano se ghe voe tanto ben che ea se magnaria, el secondo se bestemia de no verla magnΰ
Just married you love your wife so much to eat her; a year later, you despair of not having eaten her
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El riso nasse ne l'aqua e ha da morir nel vin
Rice is born in water but must die in wine
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El sciopo vodo fa paura a do
An unloaded gun scares both
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El Signore ghe dΰ le suche a chi no gΰ i porsei
God gives pumpkins to those who don't have pigs
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El sta meio de un prete so la forca (Sta meglio di un prete sulla forca)
He is better than a priest on the gallows
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El tempo, el culo e i siori, i fa quel che i vol lori
You can not fight against time, arse and rich people
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El va avanti come i gambari
He goes on as the shrimp
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El vento de magio dΰ poco tormento
The wind in May, gives little trouble
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El vento forte o impizza el fogo o lo destua
A strong wind turns the fire on, but can also turn it off
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El vilan xe largo de boca e streto de man
The farmer has a wide mouth and a close hand
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El vin de fiasco a la sera bon, a la matina guasto
Wine from the flask, good in the evening, bad becomes the morning after
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El vin l'θ el late dei veci
Wine is the milk for the elderly
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El vol far el stronzo piω grande del culo
He is so proud of himself for wanting to make a shit larger than his asshole
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El vol metare el caro davanti ai bo'
He wants to put the cart before the horse
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El vol tacar la so peseta [pezzetta] da par tuto
He wants to attack his rag everywhere
(He wants to intervene everywhere)
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El xe galantomo in casa voda
He is honest if there is nothing left to steal
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