return to one's muttons
English
Alternative forms
- get back to one's muttons
Etymology
Humorous calque translation of French revenons à nos moutons, from "La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin"
Verb
return to one's muttons
- (idiomatic, dated) To get back to the business at hand.
- H. R. Haweis
- I willingly return to my muttons.
- H. R. Haweis