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  • Se mêler de ses oignons: "To mind one's own onions" s'occuper de ses affaires, ne pas se mêler de celles des autres = (to mind one's own business, not to get mixed up in other people's business)

    Cuisine 2004

  • Se mêler de ses oignons: "To mind one's own onions" s'occuper de ses affaires, ne pas se mêler de celles des autres = (to mind one's own business, not to get mixed up in other people's business)

    Expressions 2004

  • Se mêler de ses oignons: "To mind one's own onions" s'occuper de ses affaires, ne pas se mêler de celles des autres = (to mind one's own business, not to get mixed up in other people's business)

    Gastronomie 2004

  • I also love French idioms, particularly 's'occuper tes oignons'!

    Fair to say that idioms speak volumes 2006

  • His pitch rose and fell, wavelike, and he drew out the last syllable of each phrase as one does in French, which sounds pretty and lyrical when you are listing ingredients of a savory tarte, “il y a des carottes, du chèvre, des oignons...” and lousy talking about natural disasters.

    La Coquette: 2005

  • Se mêler de ses oignons: "To mind one's own onions"

    Expressions 2004

  • Se mêler de ses oignons: "To mind one's own onions"

    Gastronomie 2004

  • Se mêler de ses oignons: "To mind one's own onions"

    Cuisine 2004

  • Quand il est bien écumé, vous le salez légérement, et y mettez les racines convenables, comme navets, carottes, panais, oignons, cellery et poireaux, avec un clou de gerofle et une racine de persil.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • Quand il est bien écumé, vous le salez légérement, et y mettez les racines convenables, comme navets, carottes, panais, oignons, cellery et poireaux, avec un clou de gerofle et une racine de persil.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

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    April 13, 2010