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che dorme non piglia pesche Sicilian...

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che dorme non piglia pesche Sicilian...

Submitted by david meadows (not verified) on June 6, 2005 - 12:56pm.

che dorme non piglia pesche

Sicilian for “he who sleeps doesn’t catch fish” (equivalent of ‘you snooze you lose’)

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