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French
Etymology
Literally, “sewn with white thread”. From the use of white thread to sew pieces of cloth together before the final sewing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.zy d(ə) fil blɑ̃/
Phrase
cousu de fil blanc
- (figurative) blatantly obvious, poorly concealed (such as of the plot of a story)
L’intrigue de ce film était vraiment cousue de fil blanc.- The plot of that movie was as predictable as ever.
2002, Pierre Laforgue, L'Œdipe romantique: le jeune homme, le désir et l'histoire en 1830, ELLUG, →ISBN, page 75:En un mot, tout est cousu de fil blanc et il faut être aveugle pour, dès le début, ne pas comprendre ce qui est parfaitement évident.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
References
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Michael Mould (2011) The Routledge Dictionary of Cultural References in Modern French, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 73