In English, ferme la bouche literally translates to fold your mouth.  Don't you know someone you'd just love to lay this one on?  It sounds much less crass in French. Most things do.  Take Va te faire foutre.  Say this to someone in Paris and you'll lower your already...

I'm hosting a dinner party and decided on making Bœuf Bourgignon.  It seems easy enough when my partner (currently in Texas) makes it.  Cubes of beef and a bottle of wine, right?   Wrong.   First off, they're a zillion recipes claiming to be the best one for the ages....

... In Summer Contemplation: a collection of poetry and short stories (Anthologies of poetry and short stories Book 33) Kindle Edition As if that isn't enough, there's more my friends.   If you go to Amazon and check out the book: I'M THE SAMPLE.   Well not me but...