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Sephardic Saying for the Week in Ladino of Istanbul

Saturday, 29 July 2017

Lavoro empesado,   

no lo mostres

ni a la suegra,          

ni a la kunyada i   

ni a la vizina mas aedada

Do not show a piece of work/a project you just started 

to your mother-in law, or

to your sister-in-law   or  

to you your elder neighbour      

How to avoid being hassled because

a) the mother in law would suggest that you  do it in a different way or instead start a different project that would be a better idea;                                  b) the sister- in- law would tell you how good she is at this type of work, hinting that  you are unlikely to do as good a job as she would or belittle it as a waste of time, and                                                                                                                         c)  your elder neighbour may try to take it over under the pretext of teaching you how to do it properly, and end up doing it all herself and then claim credit for the idea.

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