"faire une belle jambe" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /fɛ.ʁ‿yn bɛl ʒɑ̃b/, /fe.ʁ‿yn bɛl ʒɑ̃b/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-faire une belle jambe.wav Forms: faire une belle jambe à quelqu'un [canonical]
Head templates: {{fr-verb}} faire une belle jambe
  1. (informal, sarcastic) to do a fat lot of good [with à ‘to someone’] Tags: informal, sarcastic Related terms: la belle affaire
    Sense id: en-faire_une_belle_jambe-fr-verb-FuqkYHWP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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      ],
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      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/fe.ʁ‿yn bɛl ʒɑ̃b/"
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