au pied de la lettre
adverb
au pied de la let·tre
ō¦pyādəläˈletr(ᵊ),
-et(rə)
: literally
don't take everything I say au pied de la lettre
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, to the foot of the letter
- preterlabent
- preterm
- preterminal
- pretermination
- preterminations
- pretermission
- pretermissions
- pretermit
- pretermits
- pretermitted
- pretermitters
- pretermitting
- preterms
- preternatural
- preternaturalism
- preternaturalisms
- preternaturally
- preternaturalness
- preternaturalnesses
- pretest
- pretested
- pretesting
- pretests
- pretext
- pretexta