donner le bon Dieu sans confession

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.ne l(ə) bɔ̃ djø sɑ̃ kɔ̃.fɛ.sjɔ̃/, /dɔ.ne l(ə) bɔ̃ djø sɑ̃ kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃/

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Verb

donner le bon Dieu sans confession

1. (transitive with à) to trust (someone) because of their appearance, because they look like the salt of the earth

Usage notes

Chiefly used in the conditional: on lui donnerait le bon Dieu sans confession ("you'd think that butter wouldn't melt in his mouth"), je lui aurais donné le bon Dieu sans confession.