Mathurin dévide le jars (pop.) = Jack Tar is spinning a yarn.
Devoir
Il doit au tiers et au quart (à Jean et à Paul) = He owes money to everybody.
Il doit plus d’argent qu’il n’est gros = He owes more money than he can pay.
*Qui a terme ne doit rien = No one need pay before a debt is due.
*Qui ne doit rien n’a rien à craindre = Out of debt, out of danger.
*A chacun son dû = Give the devil his due; Every man is worth his hire.
*Fais ce que dois, advienne que pourra = Do your duty, come what may.
Dussé-je en mourir = Were I to die for it.
Chose convenue, chose due = A promise must be kept.