Sicilian Sayings Flashcards
Chiùnniuri ri mezzanotte nun pò fari
Can’t get darker than midnight
Si liccanu la sarda
Sardine licker
Acqua in bocca
Shut your mouth (put some water in your mouth)
Focu’ranni
Shit show (big fire)
È gran pazzia
lu cuntrastari
cu du’nun pô vinciri
né appattari
It’s a great folly to argue when you can neither win nor compromise
Di Guerra, caccia e amuri, pri in gusto milli duluri
In war, hunting and love, for one pleasure a million pains
Aprili fa liciure
e le bidizzi,
l’onuri l’havi
lu misi di Maju
April makes all the flowers and beauty, but all the honors go to May
Genui fa biddizza
Genius is beauty
Burrasca furiusa prestu passa
Furious storms quickly pass
Acqua, consigghiue e sali
a cu
n’addumanna’ncinni
dari
Water, advice, salt… Don’t give it to those who didn’t ask for it.
Conzala comu vuoi, sempri cucuzza è
Spice it up however you like, it’s still a zucchini
U piru quann’è maturu, cari sulu
When the pear is ready to eat it falls off the tree on its own
Cui multi cosi accumenza, nudda nni finisci
One who starts a lot of things finishes nothing
Cui cerca, trova; cui sècuta, vinci
Seek, and you’ll find; persevere, and you will succeed
Cu manchia fa muddichi
When you eat, you makes crumbs
