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Bolognese proverbs
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Bolognese is an Emilian dialect spoken in northern Italy.
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Al mêdigh pietôus fa la piega verminôusa.
English equivalent: Mild physician – putrid wounds.
Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 710 2200 0415096243
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L'aquila en ciapa mòsch.
English equivalent: Eagles don't catch flies.
Meaning: "People of high rank are considered – or consider themselves – too important to deal with trivial things or lowly folk."
Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA66 25 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 66
Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT565 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 216 230
La comodità fa l hom ladr.
English equivalent: Opportunity creates the thief.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.se/books?id=mSNlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA296&dq=De+Gel%C3%A9enhet+m%C3%A9cht+den+D%C4%9Bf+sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+germanischen+und+romanischen&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinxsy_8bf0AhVXS_EDHXwVD4EQ6AF6BAgCEAI 1875 German I 296 572, Gelegenheid
N
N ' cumprar gatt in sacc.
English equivalent: To buy a pig in a poke.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA150 II 1875 Fries German 150 269, Sacke
N dedar i can, ch dormen .
English equivalent: Let sleeping dogs lie.
Ida Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen vergleichend zusammengestellt von Ida von Duringsfeld und Otto Freihern von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld https://books.google.com/books?id=Xc9u8vj9CXsC&pg=PA334 II 1875 German 334–335 599, wecken
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Un poc d’zug é po bell.
English equivalent: Leave a jest when it pleases you best.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=zQYJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA59&dq=Un+poc+d%27zug+%C3%A8+po+b%C3%A8ll&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj12tXl2qT1AhWtR_EDHfCLAzgQ6AF6BAgDEAM#v=onepage&q=Un%20poc%20d'zug%20%C3%A8%20po%20b%C3%A8ll&f=false 1875 German I 59-60 122, aufhören
See also
Corsican proverbs
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