être plus royaliste que le roi
French edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to be more royalist than the king”. From François-René de Chateaubriand, De la Monarchie selon la Charte, Paris, 1816, LXXXI.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
être plus royaliste que le roi
- to be more Catholic than the Pope; to make more effort to defend someone's interests than they make themselves
Conjugation edit
- see être