train-train
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Noun edit
train-train m (uncountable)
- (colloquial) routine, drudge, grind; same old same old
- Synonym: routine
- le train-train quotidien ― the daily grind
- 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
- La vie entière remuait, poursuivait ses activités, ses emplettes, son train-train.
- The whole town was bustling, go about their activities, their purchases, their daily grind.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “train-train”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.