- English translation
Even bad luck envied my big moustache.
- Literal wording
Misfortune envied me for the size of my moustache.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying presents misfortune as an envious rival, begrudging the speaker even a large moustache. Its central point is envy directed at something that offers little or no real reason for anyone to feel jealous.
The contrast between the speaker's bad luck and the trivial object of envy makes the complaint ironic. Rather than describing an enviable advantage, it highlights how misplaced envy can be when it fastens on an insignificant feature.
- When it is used
Use it to comment ironically on someone being envied for a trivial feature or something scarcely worth wanting. It fits a complaint about misplaced jealousy, especially when the supposed advantage does not make the person's circumstances genuinely enviable.
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