les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- les plus courtes sont les meilleures (ellipsis)
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “the shortest jokes are the best”, or more loosely translated as “the best jokes are the shortest”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /le plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁi le ply kuʁ.t(ə) sɔ̃ le mɛ.jœʁ/ ~ /le ple.zɑ̃.tʁi le ply kuʁ.t(ə) sɔ̃ le me.jœʁ/
Proverb
[edit]les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures
- your joke was funny at first, but it's getting old; that's enough, you're starting to flog a dead horse now