“Métro-boulot-dodo”: what does this expression mean?

Where does the expression

come  from?

We owe this

Parisian twist – from the Provençal faire

, to be prosperous, from the Latin

, flowery – to Pierre Béarn, the founder of the Librairie du Zodiaque, from a verse taken from his collection

, written in 1951.

Expression resumed in May 68

It is supposed to represent the daily rhythm of Parisians.

It even became a slogan of May 68: “On the tumble boy point your number To thus earn the salary Of a dreary utility day Subway, work, bistro, cigarette butts, sleep, zero.

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