I have measured out my life in coffee spoons

[venta]

Popping upstairs for my morning toast-and-evil, I fell into conversation with a couple of colleagues. One of them tells me that the French refer to American coffee as jus de chaussettes (or "sock juice").

I like this phrase, and may adopt it. Not for American coffee, which I have no particular opinion on, but bad coffee in general.

Comments

[stompyboots.livejournal.com]

Faire de carrotte, meaning to take the piss. Bugser (as in Bugs Bunny) has the same meaning. Although they're more slang than idiomatic, they are French, and I like 'em.