Moles...or perhaps not?

[The Riff-Raff Element]

I hesitate to ask this, because I have a horrid feeling that, knowing

my vile daughters, I already know the answer. But my "Roberts" is

remarkably uninformative on the matter and I can hardly give them the

satisfaction of getting one over on me. So: is "J'ai une taupe qui

s'enfuit" a rather vivid euphanism for an urgent need to visit the loo?

I need to know before they start rendering it into English for the

benefit of Grandma.

[Christine Animal]

[:P]   [:P]   [:P]   Never heard that one before.  But we had a friend with a lot of little dogs she had rescued and who were not always clean and she used to say "Ils poussent jusqu'à la dernière petite limace!"

 

[chris pp]

No, me neither, but it conjures up some interesting images.

I've heard some of the older blokes round here, when it's cold, say "Je vais chercher mon escargot de Bourgogne" when they want a pee.

Chris

[The Riff-Raff Element]

Hmmm...I'm going to have to bite the bullet and enquire of their

teacher, I think. She's (fortunately) highly amused by some of the

little idioms the girls pass into the French language (e.g. insteaded

of announcing "j'ai peté" they inform their equally evil and giggling

classmates "j'ai marché sur un canard", etc) so hopefully I won't be

offending her too deeply.

[Christine Animal]

Well, they seem to be well into animals anyway!  Mabe you should tell them about the limaces and the escargots.   [geek]