单词 | vive la bagatelle |
释义 | > as lemmasvive la bagatelle b. vive la bagatelle /viv la baɡatɛl/, ‘success to frivolity or nonsense’, an exclamation denoting a carefree attitude to life. ΚΠ 1732 J. Swift Let. 10 July in Lit. Corr. (1741) 150 All for want of my Rule, Vive la bagatelle! 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xix. 121 The footing of mere whims, and of a vive la Bagatelle. 1880 Girl's Own Paper 27 Nov. 144/3 Vive la bagatelle means ‘Success to trifling’. Not a good sentiment. 1915 J. Webster in Cent. Mag. Sept. 492/1 I seem to have covered a lot of paper without telling you much. Vive la bagatelle! 1948 M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xxiii. 260 (heading) Vive la bagatelle! < as lemmas |
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