prendre la poudre d'escampette - French expression

What does the French expression ‘ prendre la poudre d'escampette ’ mean? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne.

prendre la poudre d'escampette. "escampette" is not used in any other expression that I know of. You can clearly hear the word "escape" in escampette. prendre la poudre d'escampette means "to disappear from the face of the Earth".

* « Ils [ne] retrouveront jamais leur argent. Le courtier a pris la poudre d'escampette. »

* "They'll never  find their money again. The broker disappeared from the face of the Earth."

Tenses and Modes

présent : je prends la poudre d'escampette, nous prenons la poudre d'escampette

passé composé : j'ai pris la poudre d'escampette, nous avons pris la poudre d'escampette

futur : je prendrai la poudre d'escampette, nous prendrons la poudre d'escampette

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pour 3 francs 6 sous - French expression

What does the French expression ‘ pour 3 francs 6 sous ‘ mean? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne Audio.

The Franc used to be the currency before the Euro came along. The Sou used to be the currency even before that. The expression pour 3 francs 6 sous means that it's really cheap, "for a song".

* « Ce superbe fauteuil Louis XV ? J'lai eu pour 3 francs 6 sous à la brocante. »

"This superb Louis XV armchair? I got it for a song at the antique store."

Related:  FRENCHHOUR. ce, cet, cette or ces .

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