sentir l'écurie

French

Etymology

By surface analysis, sentir +‎ l’ +‎ écurie f

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tiʁ l‿e.ky.ʁi/

Verb

sentir l’écurie

1. (figuratively) to get the smell of home in one's nostrils, to know one is on the home run, to know one is nearly arrived, nearly back home

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Further reading

• “écurie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.