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Thread #168169   Message #4062428
Posted By: Monique
02-Jul-20 - 03:39 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: La maman des poissons. (Boby Lapointe)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: La maman des poissons. (Boby Lapointe)
I do. La maman des poissons. I just have no time right now but "Elle n' leur fait jamais la vie" means "she's never mad at them / she never pester them". There are also plays on words: "maquereau" means both "mackerel" and "pimp". "Un p'tit vers" = a little worm / un p'tit verre (sounds the same) = a little drink, "Elle les approuve des deux ouies" = "she approves them with both gills" / "..." des deux ouis" (sounds the same) = with two yeses...
More later as there are more.