Le mot du jour : “Sauter du coq \u00e0 l’\u00e2ne”
Well, no food today, but farm animals \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Sauter du coq \u00e0 l’\u00e2ne” means “to jump from rooster to donkey” and is used when someone makes a jump in the conversation, going from one subject to another abruptly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ex : “On parlait du temps quand il a saut\u00e9 du coq \u00e0 l’\u00e2ne et s’est mis \u00e0 parler de foot.” (We were talking about the weather when he changed the subject and started talking about football).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is the story behind it : up to the 14th century, “asne”(duck) and “\u00e2ne” (donkey) were pronounced in exactly the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So the expression was “sauter du coq \u00e0 l’asne” (when a rooster got confused and jump on a duck instead of a hen) and described people talking without making sense.The word “asne” for ducks disappeared, and only “\u00e2ne” (donkey) was left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So now we have a rooster and a donkey in our story \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le mot du jour : “Sauter du coq \u00e0 l’\u00e2ne”Well, no food today, but farm animals \ud83d\ude42 “Sauter du coq \u00e0 l’\u00e2ne” means “to jump from rooster to donkey” and is used when someone makes a jump in the conversation, going from one subject to another abruptly. Ex : “On parlait du temps quand il … <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"