donner le bon Dieu sans confession
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]donner le bon Dieu sans confession
- (transitive with à) to trust (someone) because of their appearance, because they look like the salt of the earth
Usage notes
[edit]Chiefly used in the conditional: on lui donnerait le bon Dieu sans confession ("you'd think that butter wouldn't melt in his mouth"), je lui aurais donné le bon Dieu sans confession.