Brut de décoffrage
Meaning: Rough, unpolished, delivered without any finishing.
Language: French
Literally: Raw from the formwork
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Concrete is poured into wooden formwork and emerges bearing its grain and joints, before any smoothing. Applied to a person or a piece of work, it means presented exactly as it came out.
More idioms — Daily Life
- De but en blanc — Point-blank; abruptly and without preparation.
- Avoir un cadavre dans le placard — To have a discreditable secret in one's past.
- C'est le cadet de mes soucis — It is the very least of my concerns.
- Fumer le calumet de la paix — To make peace after a quarrel.
- Enterrer la hache de guerre — To end a feud and set hostilities aside.
- Carpe diem — Make the most of the present rather than counting on the future.
More French idioms
- S'aplatir comme une carpette — To grovel; to let oneself be walked over.
- Rester sur le carreau — To be knocked out of the running; to be left for dead.
- Rouler carrosse — To live in grand style.
- Donner carte blanche — To grant someone complete freedom to act as they see fit.
- Tourner casaque — To switch sides or change allegiance.
- Retourner sa veste — To change one's allegiance opportunistically.
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