mal vu
/ˌmal ˈvuː/(also mal vue)
adjective
Held in low esteem, looked down upon.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Howard Sturgis (1855–1920). From French mal vu from mal + vu, past participle of voir to see.
- (the love of) money is the root of all evil
- the love that dare not speak its name
- the Lower House
- the lowest of the low
- the Lowlands
- the luck of the draw
- the lull before the storm
- the lull (or calm) before the storm
- them
- the Mafia
- the Magdalen
- the Magdalene
- the mailed fist
- the mails
- the Malverns
- the Man
- the Man in (also with) the Iron Mask
- the man in black
- the man in (or on) the street
- the man in the moon
- the man in white
- the man on the Clapham omnibus
- the Mansion House
- the Maquis
- the Marches