Each saucepan has its lid

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Val.: «Cada olleta té la seua tapadoreta»

Este és un refrany optimista, que confia en l’amor i en el destí; assegura que cada fadrí ha de trobar una persona a qui voler i amb la qual formar una parella. Ho fa usant dos metàfores: l’olleta o cassoleta representa el fadrí, i la tapadora representa el ser volgut, la persona amb la qual «encaixa» o es complementa.

Variants:

«Cada olleta troba sa cobertoreta»

«Cada cassoleta té la seua tapadoreta»

«Cada perolet té la seua tapadoreta.

«No hi ha olla ni olleta que no trobe la seua cobertoreta»

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«Cada [‘Each’] olleta [‘little saucepan’] té [has] la seua [its] tapadoreta [little lid]»: This optimistic saying encourages us to trust in love and fate, saying that each single man or woman will eventually find somebody to love. It uses two metaphors: the saucepan or casserole represents the single person and the lid represents the partner: they fit well together.

If you see a man laden with bags, don’t need to ask if he’s married.

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Val. «Si veus un home carregat, no preguntes si és casat»

This expression agrees with the idea that any husband is an henpecked husband, that is, a man who does everything his wife asks him to do.

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Esta expressió combrega amb la idea que tots els marits són uns sinagües, és a dir, que es deixen governar per les seues mullers.

Saint Anthony fell in love with a pig

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Val.: «Sant Antoni s’enamorà d’un porc...»

Esta expressió vol dir que l’amor és cego. Es diu quan una persona manté una relació sentimental amb algú físicament poc agraciat. La frase és una manera de disculpar eixe fet, de llevar-li importància, encara que té una intenció clarament burlesca. La comparança amb l’animal ve del fet que Sant Antoni Abat era un gran amic dels animals i, quan en veia un de ferit, el curava. Aixina ho féu amb un porquet, que, per a mostrar-li el seu agraïment, va decidir acompanyar-lo la resta de sa vida. És per això que popularment se l’anomena Sant Antoni del Porquet.

Curiositat: Els italians també utilitzen eixa expressió, sembla que volent dir “mai no digues mai”, que tot és possible, fins i tot l’afer de Sant Antoni amb el porquet!

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This expression means that love is blind. People say it when someone is in love with an ugly person. Normally these news are the talk of the town. We nosy parkers, in order to forgive the relationship, as a kind of consent and approval (even though that’s non of our business) take Saint Anthony’s case as an example: He was accompanied all his life by a pig that wanted to show gratitude to the saint, as it has been cured by him. So it is not that bad that the person is not very good-looking if his/her partner is really in love. Anyway, note the mockery implied on this saying, the comparison with a pig...

More info about Sant Antoni del Porquet.

A pumpkin was given to me and it turned into a melon… I prefer a pumpkin to getting married with a whore

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Val. «Carabassa m’han donat i se m’ha tornat meló… més m’estime carabassa que casar-me amb un pendó»

Esta és una rima que s’utilitza després d’un fracàs sentimental, en concret quan un home ha sigut rebutjat per una xica. El xic diu esta frase per a consolar-se, perquè suposadament la xica no li convenia. La rima significa que preferix estar solter abans que casar-se amb una dona de vida irregular i desordenada. La locució «donar carabasses» prové d’un costum rural en què el pretendent a casar-se amb una xica era convidat a dinar a casa d’ella: si li oferien foc per al cigarro significava que la família acceptava el festeig; si li servien un plat de carabassa, volia dir que el mosso no era ben rebut i se n’havia d’anar. Com ella era una mala influència, el fet d’haver sigut rebutjat és més aïna una cosa positiva: com un meló, que és una cosa dolça.

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This is a rhyme that men use to console themselves after a disappointment in love, specifically when a man has been rejected by a woman. Supposedly this woman isn’t right for him. The rhyme means that he prefers to stay single rather than get married with a partygoer or a whore. The idiom ‘to give pumpkins’ (meaning ‘to give the brush off’) comes from a rural custom: when a man wanted to marry a girl, he was invited to her house. If the family offered him a match to light his cigarette, it meant the family approved the relationship. However, if he was given a pumpkin, it meant he was not welcome and he had to leave. But as she was a bad person, the fact of being rejected turns out to be a positive thing: like a melon, which is sweet and tasty.

I love you more than a good crap

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Val.: «Et vull més que un bon cagar»

The legend says that an old King had 3 daughters. He asked them how much they loved him. The eldest answered "I love you more than all the gold in the world". The second one, "I love you more than all the silver". But the youngest said "Daddy, I love you more than a good crap". The King grew furious, and exiled her.

She had to live in a farm for two years. When they met again, his father grabbed her, and said: "Daughter, tell me how much you love me, because I haven't been able to go to the toilet since you left me (and it hurts)". He was too constipated (restret).

After the re-meeting, the King found an irrigation ditch, and crapped, and crapped, until he dried the ditch up. Since then, that irrigation ditch is known as "La sèquia del Bon Cagar" (The Good-Crapping ditch)

Ey, have a good time and crap a lot!

Each little casserole has it's little cover

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Val.: «Cada cassoleta té la seua tapadoreta»

It's used for explain that anybody will find her/his life love.