collet monté
French
Alternative forms
- collet-monté
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.lɛ mɔ̃.te/
Noun
collet monté m (plural collets montés)
- Medici collar
Adjective
collet monté (invariable)
- (figuratively) prim, prim and proper, prissy, starchy, stuffy, uptight, strait-laced
- Synonyms: affecté, guindé, engoncé, compassé, raide, coincé, coincé du cul
- être collet monté ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
See also
- avoir un balai dans le cul