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‖ revenons à nos moutons, phr.|rəvnɔ̃z a no mutɔ̃|
[Fr., lit. ‘let us return to our sheep’, with allusion to the confused court scene in the Old French Farce de Maistre Pierre Pathelin (c 1470).]
‘Let us return to the subject’: an exhortation to cease digressing.
[1617J. Chamberlain Let. 22 Feb. in T. Birch Court & Times James I (1848) I. 459 But, pour retourner à nos moutons, this feasting begins to grow to an excessive rate.] 1822Blackw. Mag. May 610 North. On proceeds..Byron..the immoral, irreligious, and unpatriotic tendency of too many of his productions... Omnes (sing). Very good song, Very well sung, Jolly companions every one... North. Revenons a nos moutons! Childe Harold. 1839Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 228/2 But, revenons à nos moutons, let us return to that sweet lamb, Master Thomas. 1850― Pendennis I. xxxvii. 364 That brings me back to my point—revenons à nos moutons. Yes, begad! revenons à nos moutons. c1909D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 48 Ernest. I'll bet the dear boy enjoys that blush. Beatrice. Ra-ther! (Artlessly revenant à son mouton.) And he'll have the rose and all, to rejoice the cockles of his heart this time. 1926J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 27 But revenons à nos moutons—to our chromosomes. 1932A. Christie Peril at End House ii. 37 Revenons à nos moutons... I implore you to be serious. 1966‘H. Carmichael’ Suicide Clause xi. 124 You didn't come here to listen to irrelevant chatter. So, revenons à nos moutons. 1972Country Life 9 Nov. 1243/2 Revenons à nos moutons. As soon as I saw my cards, the earlier hand flashed through my mind. |