does anyone know what the phrase cout de tat means?
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It's coup d'etat and it literally means to "overthrow the state" - like a revolution.\n\nSo if people use it in conversation - it could mean that you've really accomplished something really difficult, against obstacles.
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I don't know all of them, but the first one refers to someone putting their dog (named Jip) in the bathtub and running water in the hopes that he'll pee inside and they won't have to walk him on the icy streets. \n\nAndover is a school, I think (also a town in Massachusets with a big school- I think it's MIT)\n\nNot worth two shakes of a mare's tail-- not worth much, but I don't know the origin of the phrase. \n\nI hope someone else knows the rest.  Good Luck!!
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It's Latin for "Who is like God?" or "Who is like unto God?" Here's another Latin phrase for you: "Deus lo volt." That means "God wills it." That's what the knights shouted before the Crusades. Just thought it would be interesting.
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Illic est haud solvo , meus darling\n\n(this is according to:  www.tranexp.com
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It's two words: totus elatus.\n\nElatus is the participle of the verb effero, which can mean to carry out or away, or to raise up.\nTotus means whole, complete, entire, all.\n\nSo the phrase, depending on context, could mean "completely raised up"  or "entirely carried away," or "entirely elevated," or a few other things, mostly in the same vein.
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The whole song is a play on German wedding vows.\n\nThe quote:\n\n"Wollt Ihr einander lieben und achten und die Treue halten, bis dass der Tod euch scheidet?" in German roughly translates to, "Do you want to love and respect each other and to remain faithful, until death separates you?" Instead of answering with "ja" (yes), the lyrics says "nein" (no), finally answering the question he said "nothing" to in the beginning.\n\nThe title is commonly interpreted as "You Have," but can be considered as a play on words: "Du hast" means "you have", while "du hasst", which would be spelled with a sharp (du haßt), but owing to the German grammar changes in 1996 would now simply be spelled as two s's. "s," means "you hate." The pun is illustrated by a comparison of the German version, a literal English translation, and the band's non-literal English version of the song.
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tout le monde means everyone.\n\nfrom French meaning "all the world"
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Coup de grace. It literally means blow or strike of grace or mercy. Its the killing blow. When people were beheaded with an axe it took on average three strikes to sever the head from the body and the final killing stroke that brought mercy to the dying man was the cuop de grace. Today its used to mean something that 'seals the deal'
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It does mean something like: "The only truth is the finality of death" or "True annihilation lies in Death".\n\nIt is also a phrase used in a type of Heavy Metal music, called "Death Metal", characterized by deep growls, loud bass, and screams.
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Tchin tchin! = Cheers! [when drinking alcohol] (chã-chã)\nPoisson d'avril! = April fools! (pwa-sô-da-vril)\nQuel culot! = What nerve!  (kel-qu-low)\nÇa suffit! = That's enough! (sa-su-fee)\nMinute, papillon! = Hold your horses! (mee-nut-pa-pee-yô)\nÇa va pas, non?! = Are you nuts?! (sa-va-pas-nô)\nJ'en ai ras le bol! = I've had it up to here! (zha-nay-ra-luh-bol)\nIl a un chat dans la gorge. = He has a frog in his throat. (ee-la-un-shaw-dã-la-gorzh)\nQuand les poules auront des dents! = When pigs fly! (kã-lay-poo-law-rõ-day-dã)\nC'est du gâteau! = Piece of cake! (say-du-ga-to)\n\nNote: the translations above are figurative, not literal. "Il a un chat dans la gorge" literally means "He has a cat in the throat," but the figurative translations above make more sense in English!\nC'est le coup-de-foudre! = It's love at first sight! (say-luh-kood-foodr)
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If is is "fais a bouche" (my Frensh spelling is v. bad) it means "make a mouth".  It is used to describe an expression a person (maybe only a woman?) makes to indicate distaste.
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What came to my mind when I saw your question was something about editing a text and letting the printer know that it's OK to be printed.\n\nTherefore it would be "bon à tirer" and not "trier" (not the same :-)) which means something as "OK to be printed" e.g. "ready to go <to press>".\n\nI think this is the context of editing and press here.
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It's Latin - pro patria mori -- to die for [one's] country. \n\nThe phrase "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" was originally used in the Roman poet Horace's Ode 3.2.13.  It's a rather Roman thought, really.  But read Wilfred Owen's poem about World War I called "dulce et decorum est", which is a very bitter poem about the harsh realities of war.  It's a classic.
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I've never heard it. You might have heard it in reference to Helga Zepp.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helga_Zepp-LaRouche
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It means The Taittinger Moment. Tattinger is a Champagne.
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I suspect it's supposed to be something like "Quod quondam iterum ego vado, in profundis vorago existimo iaci" which means something like "Whichever path I travel (in the past, in the future, sometimes), I judge myself to be thrown into a profound pit."\n\nIt didn't make much sense to me in the first version…I suspect it's a bad computer translation.
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everyone else has it...\n\nta ta for now, it is from english roots, ta ta meaning goodbye.