Bolognese proverbs
Proverbs from all Bolognese speaking parts of the world.
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- Al mêdigh pietôus fa la piega verminôusa.
- Idiomatic translation: Mild physician – putrid wounds.
- Meaning: Telling harsh truths constructively (to yourself as well) and stern measures makes for a good figurative and literal cure.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 710. ISBN 0415096243.
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- Un poc d'zug è po bèll.
- Idiomatic translation: Leave a jest when it pleases you best.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 863. ISBN 0415096243.