IdiomDaily Life
French
FrenchPeu ou prou
Meaning: More or less; to some degree.
Literally: Little or much
Example: “Toutes ces offres d'abonnement se valent peu ou prou.” — All these subscription offers are more or less the same.
Origin: Prou is an archaic adverb meaning much, from the same root as profit, and survives nowhere else in the language. The pairing covers the whole range and so commits to nothing.
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