foutre le bordel
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Composed of foutre (in the sense of faire, to do)) & bordel (used figuratively to indicate a mess).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (vulgar) to wreak havoc, to wreck or fuck up
- 1968, Bernard Clavel, chapter 68, in Les Fruits de l'hiver[1], Robert Laffont, page 381:
- Vous allez me faire le plaisir de foutre le camp et de ne plus remettre les pieds ici avant que j’aie cassé ma pipe… À ce moment-là, vous ferez ce que vous voudrez de ma terre, mais moi vivant, vous n’y foutrez pas le bordel !
- You're going to do me the pleasure of fucking off & not setting foot here before I kick the bucket... At that point, you can do what you want with my land, but as long as I'm alive, you won't fuck with it!
Conjugation
[edit]- see foutre