mouton de Panurge

Signification (Anglais)

lemming, sheep (one who follows a group without thinking for himself)

Synonymes

mouton

🐑

brebis

Traductions

sheep

🐑

running dog

buonuomo

buon uomo

schaap van Panurge

lemming

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mu.tɔ̃ d(ə) pa.nyʁʒ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From a character, called Panurge, in the book by François Rabelais. In the story, Panurge buys a sheep from a vendor and in revenge throws it into the sea. The other sheep in the flock, and the vendor himself who has jumped on the back of the final sheep, instinctively follow suit and drown in the sea too.