La plus belle fille du monde ne peut donner que ce qu’elle a = No man can give more than he has; A man cannot give what he has not got.
*Quand on a des filles, on est toujours berger =
My son is my son till he gets him a wife,
My daughter’s my daughter all the days of her life.
*Fille oisive, à mal pensive = An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
[“For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.”
Isaac Watts, Divine Songs, xx.]
| Fille trop vue, robe trop vêtue, N’est pas chère tenue. | } | = | { | A maid often seen, a garment often worn, Are disesteemed and held in scorn. |
Fils
Il est bien le fils de son père = He is a chip of the old block.
Être le fils de ses œuvres = To be a self-made man.
Fin (subst.)