return to one's muttons

English

Alternative forms

• get back to one's muttons

Etymology

Humorous calque translation of French revenons à nos moutons, from "La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin"

Pronunciation

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Verb

return to one's muttons (third-person singular simple present returns to one's muttons, present participle returning to one's muttons, simple past and past participle returned to one's muttons)

1. (idiomatic, dated) To get back to the business at hand.
   • H. R. Haweis

     I willingly return to my muttons.