Someone
"drunk"
,
"drunk"
is
"round as the tail of a shovel"
.
A single woman over 25
“caps the Sainte-Catherine”
.
A cyclist who systematically rides on his neighbour's flowerbeds
“starts to run over him”
.
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As we can see, the French language is populated by a myriad of delicious expressions.
Some are gradually being forgotten.
They resurface from time to time, on the lips of a grandmother or between the pages of an old book.
These formulas of yesteryear are funny and colorful, and deserve to be revived.
Le Figaro invites
you to rediscover them in a short test, according to
365 favorite expressions of our grandmother
, by Jean Maillet (Opportun, 2021).
Will you be faultless?
