grand bien te fasse
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally, “much good may it do you”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃ bjɛ̃ t(ə) fas/
Usage notes
- Chiefly used ironically, to suggest that the preceding fact is uninteresting or futile.
- Also used in the second- and third-person singular and plural: grand bien vous fasse, grand bien lui fasse (“much good may it do him/her”), grand bien leur fasse (“much good may it do them”).
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