One can’t make head or tail of it.
More French Proverbs:
The beauty of a woman does not make a man richer.French
It is not the big oxen that do the best day's work.
French
He who can give has many a good neighbour.
French
Tis a silly sheep that makes the wolf her confessor.
French
Belles are not for the beaux.
French
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
French