# Corsican proverbs

Corsican is a Tuscan dialect dialect spoken in the island of Corsica.

## B

* Bisogna fa di forza legge.
** Idiomatic translation: Make a virtue out of necessity.
** Meaning: Acquiesce in doing something unpleasant with a show of grace because one must do it in any case.
** Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 1079. ISBN 0415096243.
* Bole piglia l'anguilla pe a coda.
** Idiomatic translation: You might as well try to hold an eel by the tail.
** "He that does not speak Truth to me, does not believe me when I speak Truth."
** Thomas Fuller, Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
** Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 480. ISBN 0415096243.

## C

* Chi ha tempu unn ' aspetti tempu.
** English equivalent: When fortune knocks, be sure to open the door.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto. "573, Gelegenheid". Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. I. pp. 297-298.

## D

* Dimmi con chi vai, ti dirò quel che tu fai.
** English equivalent: If you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.
** von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "498, umgehst" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen. II. pp. 275–276.
* Dopo fatta la cosa, consiglio non vale.
** English equivalent: When a thing is done, advice comes too late.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto. "580, Geschehenr". Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. I. pp. 301.
* Duve si ha de beie un ci si sputa.
** English equivalent: Don't spit where you need to drink.
** Refers to someone who causes trouble in their immediate surroundings.
** Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends And Influence People (1934)
** Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 634. ISBN 0415096243.

## E

* È chiucu ancu a pevaru.
** English equivalent: Every hair casts its shadow.
** Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 4. ISBN 0415096243.
* È meglio solo che mal compagnadi.
** Translation: It is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
** English equivalent: Better be alone than in bad company.
** Source for proverb: Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 572. ISBN 0415096243.

## F

* Forse un diaule caccia il altru.
** English equivalent: One nail drives out another.
** "As one nail drives out another, So the remembrance of my former love Is by a newer object quite forgotten."
** William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (1592)
** Emanuel Strauss (1994). Dictionary of European Proverbs. Taylor & Francis. pp. 648–. ISBN 978-0-415-10381-7.

## L

* La notte è madre di consigliu.
** English equivalent: To take counsel of one's pillow.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto (1875). "232, Rath" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen vergleichend zusammengestellt von Ida von Duringsfeld und Otto Freihern von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld. II. p. 129.

## P

* Per chi un sa zappà, tutte e zappe so malfatte.
** English equivalentː An ill workman quarrels with his tools.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto (1875). "329, Schreiber" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. II. pp. 184-185.

## Q

* Quandu t'è prumess u purcellu, legalu en u muscellu.
** Translation: Seize the offer.
** English equivalent: When the pig is proffered, hold up the poke.
** "I knew that what I had felt was envy or regret, not for something lost but for something never achieved."
** P. D. James, Dr. Theodore Faron character in The Children of Men (1992)
** Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 1226. ISBN 0415096243.

## U

* U megliu è spessu nemicu di u be.
** English equivalent: Better is the enemy of good.
** von Düringsfeld, Ida (1872). "218" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. II. H. Fries. p. 113.
* Un lascià mai corre u certu per l'incertu.
** English equivalent: He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe, he may dance.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto (1875). "594, Gewiss" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. I. p. 308.
* Un mette troppu carne a focu
** English equivalent: He that has many irons in the fire, some of them will let burn (will cool).
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto (1875) (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. II. p. 306.

## See also

* Bolognese proverbs
* Corsican proverbs
* Emilian proverbs
* Italian proverbs
* Lombard proverbs
* Milanese proverbs
* Neapolitan proverbs
* Northern Italian proverbs
* Piedmontese proverbs
* Romagnol proverbs
* Romanesco proverbs
* Sardinian proverbs
* Sicilian proverbs
* Tristine proverbs ‎
* Tuscan proverbs
* Venetian Proverbs