donner le bon Dieu sans confession
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔ.ne l(ə) bɔ̃ djø sɑ̃ kɔ̃.fɛ.sjɔ̃/
Verb
donner le bon Dieu sans confession
- (transitive with à) to trust (someone) because of their appearance, because they look like the salt of the earth
Usage notes
Chiefly used in the conditional: on lui donnerait le bon Dieu sans confession ("you'd think that butter wouldn't melt in his mouth"), je lui aurais donné le bon Dieu sans confession.