crève-la-faim
French
Etymology
From crever de faim. See also crever la dalle for a closer transitive use.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɛ.vla.fɛ̃/, /kʁe.vla.fɛ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
crève-la-faim m (plural crève-la-faim)
- down-and-out
Further reading
- “crève-la-faim”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.