donner le bon Dieu sans confession

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.ne l(ə) bɔ̃ djø sɑ̃ kɔ̃.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ ~ /dɔ.ne l(ə) bɔ̃ djø sɑ̃ kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃/

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Verb

donner le bon Dieu sans confession

1. to trust (someone) because of their appearance, because they look like the salt of the earth [with à ‘someone’]

Usage notes

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.