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Milanese proverbs
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Milanese is a Lombard dialect spoken in the city of Milan in northern Italy.
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A roba fada inutil dà consėj.
English equivalent: When a thing is done, advice comes too late.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=S5dYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA301&dq=Geschehene+Dinge+leiden+keinen+Rath&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW6-ih_Kv2AhWkQvEDHYk8CY4Q6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=Geschehene%20Dinge%20leiden%20keinen%20Rath&f=false I 301 580, Geschehenr
Amor növ el va e'l ven; amor vèc el se mantèn.
English equivalent: Of soup and love the first is the best.
Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 825 2200 0415096243
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Beat quel che impara ai spall dei alter.
English equivalent: Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own.
Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 619 2200 0415096243
C
Chi si face troppu agnellu u lupu si lu manghia.
English equivalent: He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.
von Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.com/books?id=AAcJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA39 1875 39 70 German
Chi roba el poch el pò robå anch el tant.
English equivalent: He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA212 II 1875 German 212 387, Stehlen
Con piö sa e vèc, con piö crès la soma.
English equivalent: Age and poverty are ill to bear.
Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 177 2200 0415096243
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Giough, per ess bell, nô l'ha de durà tropp.
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
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L ' è la gran mader di penser la nocc.
English equivalent: To take counsel of one's pillow.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield 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=PA129 II 1875 German 129 232, Rath
La festa l è pti bella in ca dei.
English equivalent: Men cut large thongs of other men's leather.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.se/books?id=M8OMsKaoaqEC&pg=PA40&dq=Op+N%C3%A5bers+Felle+es+guet+Ra%C3%BCwen+li%C3%A4sen&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8paHO16PzAhWNQfEDHe9uCCAQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=Op%20N%C3%A5bers%20Felle%20es%20guet%20Ra%C3%BCwen%20li%C3%A4sen&f=false 1875 German I 40-41 90, anderer
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No s'à minga de spü nei vacèl che s'à mangià.
English equivalent: Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water.
Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 634 2200 0415096243
Q
Quando brucia nel vicinato porta l'acqua casa tua.
̽English equivalentː When thy neighbour s house doth burn (is on fire) be careful (beware) of thine own.
von Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.com/books?id=AAcJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA73 1875 German 73 Nachbarn, 127
S
Sem tuti fio d'Adam.
English equivalent: We are all descended from Adam.
"There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed."
Samuel Johnson, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759)
Emanuel Strauss Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT111 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 111–
Sto mond l'è pien d ingrat e sconoscent.
English equivalent: Ingratitude is the world's reward.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto 1875 Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend II https://books.google.se/books?id=dJdYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA276&dq=Undank+ist+der+Welt+Lohn+Sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+Germanischen&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjC6q6jhPr2AhUDuosKHcCLD-8Q6AF6BAhNEAI#v=onepage&q=Undank%20ist%20der%20Welt%20Lohn%20Sprichw%C3%B6rter%20der%20Germanischen&f=false 276 500, Undank
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'Tant dei mort che dei lontan For che in ben no sta a parlan.
English equivalent: Speak well of the dead.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA257 II 1875 German 257 465, Todten
See also
Bolognese proverbs
Corsican proverbs
Emilian proverbs
Italian proverbs
Lombard proverbs
Neapolitan proverbs
Northern Italian proverbs
Piedmontese proverbs
Romagnol proverbs
Romanesco proverbs
Sardinian proverbs
Sicilian proverbs
Tristine proverbs
Tuscan proverbs
Venetian Proverbs
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