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Monday, March 21, 2011

faire le poireau

Actual meaning: to wait forever
Literal meaning: to make like a leek (which grows very slowly)

Robert a fait le poireau parce que Jean était deux heures en retard.
Robert waited forever, because Jean was two hours late.

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Vocabulary Section: Idiom Expressions, Word of the Day