a casa d'un penjat no hi anomenis cordes

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Catalan

Etymology

Literally "in the house of a hanged man, don't give name to ropes".

Proverb

a casa d'un penjat no hi anomenis cordes

  1. don't talk about an uncomfortable situation in the presence of someone affected by it

Further reading