🗣️ Italy: “Today bread, tomorrow bread”

Italian proverb · Europe

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Oggi pane, domani pane.

ˈɔddʒi ˈpaːne, doˈmani ˈpaːne

“Today bread, tomorrow bread”

A monotonous life of the same thing day after day — nothing improves, nothing changes.

About this proverb

Origin countryItaly
RegionEurope
LanguageItalian
Romanisationˈɔddʒi ˈpaːne, doˈmani ˈpaːne

This saying belongs to the oral tradition of Italy, a country in Europe. Read the full collection of Italy proverbs, or explore the Proverbs of the World index.

More proverbs from Italy

Chi dorme non piglia pesci.

ki ˈdɔrme non ˈpiʎʎa ˈpeʃʃi

“Whoever sleeps catches no fish”

The early bird gets the worm — idleness wins nothing.

Errare humanum est

errāre hūmānum est

“To err is human”

Making mistakes is part of being human — forgiveness and learning follow from that truth.

Tempus fugit

tempus fugit

“Time flies”

Time slips away swiftly — seize the day before the moment is gone. A Roman (Latin) maxim.

Proverbs are traditional folk heritage (public domain); the translation and explanation are our own plain-English rendering. Stored statically.

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