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Arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe

Meaning: To show up at a completely inopportune, awkward moment.

Language: French

Literally: To arrive like a hair in the soup

Category: Food & Drink

Origin: The image is simple: a stray hair in a bowl of soup is just as unwelcome and out of place as someone arriving at the wrong moment.

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