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New expression for April

tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
in The potting shed
Here is a new idiom for April here in France

    "Si en avril tu fais l'imbecile,
      En mai tu restera encore à ton domicile."    :D:D:'(

Happy Easter everyone.  I hope you are able to see your families today.
A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I think we could do with an equally catch English version.

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    @Jennyj  We are again in lockdown for a month.  A friend went out on her bike today for a spin and said there were "herds" of people walking along the sea front!!  Families are allowed to be together for Easter and so lockdown will start officially from this evening rather than Friday.  Many "out-of-towners" deposit their children with granny and head back to the cities to work from home etc.  I suppose it is the same with you.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    There are certainly more people out in the streets, and the supermarket was hooching on Friday, with many people not bothering to keep their distance. I haven't been to any public outdoor spaces recently but I'll bet parks, beaches etc are packed. Meeting people from other households is allowed now, with limits (either two households or max. 6 people I think) and with social distancing, but give an inch and some people take a mile.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    JennyJ said:
    I think we could do with an equally catch English version.


    I think Pope will do me nicely.
    "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
    ;)



    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    We've been in full level 5 lockdown since December 24th!!!!
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I think Pepys said it quite well during one of the years of Plague all those centuries ago



    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    "This plague is bad but at least the town isn't on fire"...
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Nice quote from Samuel Pepys shame he didn't write it.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It's the message that counts, not the messenger.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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