les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures

French

Alternative forms

• les plus courtes sont les meilleures (ellipsis)

Etymology

Literally, “the shortest jokes are the best”, or more loosely translated as “the best jokes are the shortest”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁi le ply kuʁ.t(ə) sɔ̃ le mɛ.jœʁ/ ~ /le ple.zɑ̃.tʁi le ply kuʁ.t(ə) sɔ̃ le me.jœʁ/

Proverb

les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures

1. your joke was funny at first, but it's getting old; that's enough, you're starting to flog a dead horse now