ne pas être piqué des vers
French edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “not being bitten by worms”, a litotes. Compare the English there are no flies on someone/something.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /nə pa ɛ.tʁə pi.ke de vɛʁ/, /nə pɑ ɛ.tʁə pi.ke de vɛʁ/, /nə pa e.tʁə pi.ke de vɛʁ/, /nə pɑ e.tʁə pi.ke de vɛʁ/, /nə pa.z‿ɛ.tʁə pi.ke de vɛʁ/, /nə pɑ.z‿ɛ.tʁə pi.ke de vɛʁ/, /nə pa.z‿e.tʁə pi.ke de vɛʁ/, /nə pɑ.z‿e.tʁə pi.ke de vɛʁ/
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Verb edit
- (informal, figuratively) to have no flies on one, to be pretty good, to be quite something, to be excellent
- Synonym: ne pas être piqué des hannetons