Une promesse de Gascon
Meaning: A promise nobody expects to be kept.
Language: French
Literally: A Gascon's promise
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Gascons carried a national reputation for boastfulness, fixed for good by Cyrano de Bergerac and the Musketeers. The phrase is regional insult of a kind French produces in quantity.
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