dépouiller le vieil homme
French
Alternative forms
- se dépouiller du vieil homme
Etymology
From the Bible; literally, “to strip to old man.”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.pu.je lə vjɛ.j‿ɔm/
France (Vosges) (file) France (Lyon) (file)
Verb
dépouiller le vieil homme
- (figuratively) to take off the old self, to abandon one's old way of life and begin a new life