mauvais quart d'heure
/məʊˈveɪ ˈkɑː ˈdəː/noun
A short period of time which is embarrassing and unnerving; a brief but unpleasant experience.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From French mauvais quart d'heure from mauvais bad + quart d'heure quarter of an hour.
- clearing
- clearing bank
- clearing house
- clearing sale
- clearly
- clearness
- clear off (or out)
- clear one's lines
- clear one's throat
- clear-out
- clear-sighted
- clear-sightedness
- clearskin
- clear something out
- clear something up
- clearstory
- clear the air
- clear the decks
- clear the name of
- clear the table
- clear the way
- clear-thinking
- clear up
- Clearwater
- Clearwater Mountains