coupe sombre

French

From woodcutting; the idea being that the forest is still dense and dark, because it was only lightly felled.

coupe sombre f (plural coupes sombres)

(forestry) light felling, thinning of the trees
(sometimes proscribed, figuratively, chiefly in the plural) drastic cuts
faire des coupes sombres dans quelque chose ― to make drastic cuts, to make swingeing cuts, to make substantial cutbacks

This idiom is often misunderstood to mean "heavy felling" (for which coupe claire would be the right term), whence the figurative sense.

单词	coupe sombre
释义	coupe sombre French Etymology From woodcutting; the idea being that the forest is still dense and dark, because it was only lightly felled. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /kup sɔ̃bʁ/ Noun coupe sombre f (plural coupes sombres) (forestry) light felling, thinning of the trees (sometimes proscribed, figuratively, chiefly in the plural) drastic cuts faire des coupes sombres dans quelque chose ― to make drastic cuts, to make swingeing cuts, to make substantial cutbacks Usage notes This idiom is often misunderstood to mean "heavy felling" (for which coupe claire would be the right term), whence the figurative sense. See also coupe rase, coupe à blanc
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