L’asino non conosce la coda

L’asino non conosce la coda se non quando non l’ha più.

Vocabulary: asino: donkey. conoscere: to know, recognize. coda: tail. avere: to have. più: more, any more.

Notes: Don't let all the negatives trip you up; the "se non quando" works like the English "until." If the donkey loses his tail, how will he flick away the flies? You don't know what you've got till it's gone.

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