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après moi le déluge

[ a-pre mwa luh dey-lyzh ]

French.
  1. after me, the deluge (attributed to Louis XV, adapted from après nous le déluge “after us the deluge,” credited to Madame de Pompadour: said in reference to signs of the approaching Revolution).


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Example Sentences

Walpole regarded these symptoms in the true epicurean spirit, and would have joined in the sentiment, après moi le déluge.

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