Feminine

langue de bois

Meaning

  1. (feminine) wooden language, waffle (speech that is vague, pretentious or evasive)
  2. (feminine) cant (empty hypocritical talk)

Concepts

wooden language

hackneyed phrases

wooden tongue

tired clichés

Synonyms

lange de bois

Translations

الكلام الخادع

كلام مراوغ

Phrasendrescherrei

leere Phrasen

ξύλινη γλώσσα

huicheltaal

kretologie

clichétaal

Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɑ̃ɡ də bwa/

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