ne pas voler haut

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə pa vɔ.le o/ ~ /nə pɑ vɔ.le o/

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Verb

ne pas voler haut

1. (informal, figuratively, of a conversation, a joke, etc.) not to be terribly refined, to be lowbrow, to be rather coarse (almost to the point of being crude, crass)

   Ça ne vole pas haut. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Ça ne vole pas très haut. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

• de haute volée
• de haut vol

See also

• au ras des pâquerettes
• terre à terre