Showing posts with label Livorno’s Proverbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Livorno’s Proverbs. Show all posts

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Waiting for Godot

A chi fa i ’onti avanti l’oste, li convien’ farli du’ vorte.

You reckon your chickens before they are hatched.

Livorno’s proverb

Friday, November 14, 2014

I’ guadagno d’i’ Lica

Fa’ come i’ moscondoro, che gira gira e poi ’asca sempre nella merda.

He acts like the rose chafer: he turns, twists and loops, but in the end he always falls in the shit.

Livorno’s proverb