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"ref": "1960, Diana Holman-Hunt, chapter 6, in My Grandmothers and I, London: Hamish Hamilton, published 1988, page 162",
"text": "'Have you been in England long?' / 'A damned sight too long—if you'll pardon my French,' she answered.",
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"ref": "1986 June 11, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, spoken by Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick)",
"text": "Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018 July 16, “Check”, in The Vault, performed by Kash Doll [pseudonym; Arkeisha Antoinette Knight]",
"text": "Look, now it's the dolly, not Parton / But pardon my French / Give no fucks about no nigga / Give no fucks about no bitch",
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"(intransitive, idiomatic, often humorous) To excuse the speaker's frankness of expression or profanity."
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"word": "excuse my français"
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"word": "excuse my French"
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"word": "pardon my français"
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"word": "pardonnez my French"
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"roman": "lā tuʔāḵiḏnī",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِي"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ʔastamīḥuka ʕuḏran",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "أَسْتَمِيحُكَ عُذْرًا"
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "اُعْذُرْنِي"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "undskyld mit franske"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "undskyld sproget"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "anteeksi kielenkäyttöni"
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "passez-moi l’expression"
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
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"word": "auf gut Deutsch"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "entschuldigen Sie meine Ausdrucksweise"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "mit Verlaub"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "verzeihen Sie den Ausdruck"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "wenn Sie den Ausdruck erlauben"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "wenn ich offen sprechen darf"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syngnómi gia ta galliká mou!",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "συγγνώμη για τα γαλλικά μου!"
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "ha szabad így kifejeznem magam"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "ha szabad így mondanom"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "már bocsánat"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "már elnézést"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "scusate il francesismo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "con rispetto parlando"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gehin na iikata de kyōshuku da kedo …",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "下品な言い方で恐縮だけど…"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvínete za móeto izrazúvanje",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "изви́нете за мо́ето изразу́вање"
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"roman": "izvínete za ízrazot",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "изви́нете за и́зразот"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "unnskyld språket mitt"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "za przeproszeniem"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "com o perdão da palavra"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "scuză-mi limbajul"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "scuzați-mi limbajul"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izviníte za mój francúzskij",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "извини́те за мо́й францу́зский"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izviníte za vyražénije",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "извини́те за выраже́ние"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "perdona mis garabatos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "perdona mi francés"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "ursäkta språket"
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"ipa": "/ˌpɑːdn̩ maɪ ˈfɹɛn(t)ʃ/",
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"ref": "1960, Diana Holman-Hunt, chapter 6, in My Grandmothers and I, London: Hamish Hamilton, published 1988, page 162",
"text": "'Have you been in England long?' / 'A damned sight too long—if you'll pardon my French,' she answered.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1986 June 11, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, spoken by Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick)",
"text": "Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018 July 16, “Check”, in The Vault, performed by Kash Doll [pseudonym; Arkeisha Antoinette Knight]",
"text": "Look, now it's the dolly, not Parton / But pardon my French / Give no fucks about no nigga / Give no fucks about no bitch",
"type": "quotation"
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"word": "excuse my French"
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{
"word": "pardon mon français"
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"word": "pardon my français"
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"word": "pardonnez my French"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "lā tuʔāḵiḏnī",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِي"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔastamīḥuka ʕuḏran",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "أَسْتَمِيحُكَ عُذْرًا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "uʕḏurnī",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "اُعْذُرْنِي"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "undskyld mit franske"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "undskyld sproget"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "anteeksi kielenkäyttöni"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "passez-moi l’expression"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "also common but less apologetic",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "auf Deutsch gesagt"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "auf gut Deutsch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "entschuldigen Sie meine Ausdrucksweise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "mit Verlaub"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "verzeihen Sie den Ausdruck"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "wenn Sie den Ausdruck erlauben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "wenn ich offen sprechen darf"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syngnómi gia ta galliká mou!",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "συγγνώμη για τα γαλλικά μου!"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"tags": [
"sarcastic",
"usually"
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"word": "bocsásson meg a világ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "ha szabad így kifejeznem magam"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "ha szabad így mondanom"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "már bocsánat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "már elnézést"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "scusate il francesismo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "con rispetto parlando"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gehin na iikata de kyōshuku da kedo …",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "下品な言い方で恐縮だけど…"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvínete za móeto izrazúvanje",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "изви́нете за мо́ето изразу́вање"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvínete za ízrazot",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "изви́нете за и́зразот"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "unnskyld språket mitt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "za przeproszeniem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "com o perdão da palavra"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "scuză-mi limbajul"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "scuzați-mi limbajul"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izviníte za mój francúzskij",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "извини́те за мо́й францу́зский"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izviníte za vyražénije",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "извини́те за выраже́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "perdona mis garabatos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "perdona mi francés"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity",
"word": "ursäkta språket"
}
],
"word": "pardon my French"
}
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