à dormir debout

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a dɔʁ.miʁ də.bu/
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Adjective

à dormir debout (invariable)

  1. (informal) ludicrous, far-fetched
    Synonym: abracadabrantesque
    une histoire à dormir debouta cock-and-bull story

Usage notes

Chiefly used with the noun histoire.