French Slang in Literal Translation

Authors

Leonard R. N. Ashley

Abstract

I hate to agrafer (buttonhole) you with some problems which are not du sucre (duck soup), but here are some French slang phrases translated literally into English. Your problem is to deduce the English equivalent of the meaning conveyed to a Frenchman by the slang expression.

Recommended Citation

Ashley, Leonard R. N. (1980) "French Slang in Literal Translation," Word Ways: Vol. 13 : Iss. 2 , Article 4.
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