remettre le couvert

French edit

Etymology edit

From mettre le couvert (to set the table).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.mɛ.tʁə l(ə) ku.vɛʁ/, /ʁə.me.tʁə l(ə) ku.vɛʁ/
  • (file)

Verb edit

remettre le couvert

  1. (informal, figuratively) to do it again

Usage notes edit

Especially used for sex: after having had sex a first time, one can "remettre le couvert" and do it a second time.