Saturday, February 9, 2013

BY THE BEARD


Reprenons notre chèvre à la barbe.
In other words, revenons à notre propos;  let's get back to the matter at hand.

Vocabulary
reprendre: to recapture, to take back; to resume, to take up again
une chèvre:  a goat
une barbe:  a beard
une barbe en pointe:  a goatee

Expression
Quelle barbe!  
What a bore!

©2013 P.B. Lecron

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