"boîte à baffes" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \bwa.t‿a baf\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-boîte à baffes.wav
  1. Opération très risquée, quasiment sûre de rater. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-boîte_à_baffes-fr-noun-PrB8jP7H Categories (other): Exemples en français, Métaphores en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: machine à perdre
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