Le mot du jour : “Pour des prunes”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Pour des prunes” (for plums) means “for nothing” or “in vain”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You could say for example : “J’ai travaill\u00e9 toute la journ\u00e9e, pour des prunes” (I worked all day, all for nothing). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But why would lovely plums be considered so worthless?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, it turns out that in July 1148, Crusaders decided to lay siege in front of Damas, a city on the way to Jerusalem, well known for its delicious plums, “les prunes de Damas”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The siege was a complete disaster and lasted for only four days. The Crusaders didn’t have a choice : they had to go back home, having only captured baskets of plums!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then the expression has survived in everyday French and is still very much in use today, even if we don’t always know where it comes from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le mot du jour : “Pour des prunes” “Pour des prunes” (for plums) means “for nothing” or “in vain”. You could say for example : “J’ai travaill\u00e9 toute la journ\u00e9e, pour des prunes” (I worked all day, all for nothing). But why would lovely plums be considered so worthless? Well, it turns out that in … <\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/73\/Zwetschge.JPG\/220px-Zwetschge.JPG\")
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