secouer le cocotier

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sə.kwe l(ə) kɔ.kɔ.tje/
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Verb

secouer le cocotier

(figuratively) to cut out the dead wood, to clean house (to get rid of personnel that are unproductive, to get rid of the old to make room for the new)

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