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bonne sainte Anne	Expression qui exprime la surprise ou l’émotion.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cape of good hope	the southernmost point on the continent of africa	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
n'avoir que la cape et l'épée	To be titled but penniless (generally used of young officers who have nothing but their pay).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rire dans sa barbe (or, sous cape)	To laugh in one’s sleeve.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rire sous cape (or, sous sa coiffe)	To laugh in one’s sleeve (generally of women. See Barbe.)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
roman de cape et d'épée	A romantic, melodramatic tale (e.g. Dumas , Les Trois Mousquetaires).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
c'est vieux comme le pont neuf	Queen Anne is dead; It is as old as the hills.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
around the Horn	Following the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
promunturium superare	to double a cape.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sell a bargain	A species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse".	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
superare insulam, promunturium	to double an island, cape.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)