mauvais quart d'heure
/ French (movɛ kar dœr) /
British a brief unpleasant experience
Origin of mauvais quart d'heure
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How to use mauvais quart d'heure in a sentence
The result of Olympe's aspirations was, we know, such a mauvais quart d'heure with Anne for the Cardinal as to terrify him.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. TrowbridgeThere was a mauvais quart d'heure below, during which, I am ashamed to say, I forgot the quest.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersIn fact, the mauvais quart d'heure was really due to the innate womanly weakness of Mademoiselle Justine Delande.
A Fascinating Traitor | Richard Henry SavageThe news from Egypt is certainly not reassuring, and the mauvais quart d'heure may arrive at any moment.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2 | Thomas Wodehouse Legh NewtonSo he and the famous goat were mutually spared many a mauvais quart d'heure.
Darkness and Dawn | George Allan England
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