CHI È STATE MUCCICATE DA LA SERPE, TÈ PAURE DI LA LUSCERTE

(THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY A SNAKE ARE AFRAID OF LIZARDS)

A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE LEADS US TO BEING CAREFUL EVEN WITH SMALL THINGS.

LU FILE VÀ A FILE, LU CHIUMME VÀ A CHIUMME E LA FABBRICHE È CHIORTE

(THE THREAD FALLS STRAIGHT, THE LEAD FALLS STRAIGHT AND THE BUILDING IS CROOKED)

WHEN BUILDING WALLS WITH STONES, A ROPE WITH A LEAD AT THE END OF IT WAS OFTEN USED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE WALL STRAIGHT. THE STONES WERE ALIGNED USING THE ROPE, DRAWN STRAIGHT DOWN BY THE WEIGHT OF THE LEAD. THE PROVERB IS USUALLY REFERRED TO FOR PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, WHICH SEEM TO PROCEED ONLY APPARENTLY WELL.