Teaching French thanks to Marie Antoinette

isI spent my last days with Corey , Her friend Cynthia , and her friend and blogger Lea .

As always , when somebody from the country is talking to poeple from others . You try to teach worlds ...well funny worlds , expressions ..

Actually this time , I didn't have to .Corey and her (my)friends have reminded me some of them .

Thanks to Marie Antoinette's Behavior and Cynthia we " reminded " a wonderful expression :

La cuisse légère

Well I'm going to show you what is  " avoir la cuisse légère " means

French XIX th century watercolor , illustrating a french woman ...

This one illustrates also pretty well

Old picture from my own collection ..

Last night , for the diner , as a fabulous match maker , Corey wanted me to " avoir  la cuisse légère"

Well have you got what it means ???

It means to be an easy woman ...

Is corey trying to mime what is the " cuisse légère " or Mistinguette singing :

On dit qu' elle a de belles gambettes ...c'est vrai ...

Others french worlds :

Grignoter

and gambette

Comments

[Rédigé par : marita]

would have loved to see corey and you doing 'le can-can avec ses cuisses legères' together... sounds like a beautiful gathering mélanie!! just have to pay corey a visit right now...

[Rédigé par : Kitem]

Oh alors c'etait pour toi la petite cuillère en argent, les bougies, la soupe de concombre, veinarde, et le French cancan de l'hotesse en plus, ah que c'est bon d'avoir la cuisse légère, en tout bien tout honneur, bien sûr!

[Rédigé par : elsa]

you are so lucky to have enjoyed dinner with corey! i'm glad that you had a good time!

[Rédigé par : Britt-Arnhild]

A lovely way to learn some French :-)

[Rédigé par : rochambeau]

Dear Melanie,
How delightful that you were able to spend time with Corey and Lea.
All three such special individuals!!

[Rédigé par : rel]

Melanie,
I'm very sorry to have missed this event!
Perhaps next year we can recreate another. ;)
rel

[Rédigé par : Merisi's Vienna]

Poor poor Marie Antoinette, shipped off at 14 to a foreign country, pawn to reasons beyond her control. I empathize with her. Maybe she's the reason I haven't dared to travel to France, thinking what happened to that poor Viennese girl?

[Rédigé par : susanna]

Hah! Well, you know that Corey - she's a saucy one!

[Rédigé par : stephanie]

Oh you lucky lucky girls!! I believe you all have some 'cuisse légère' in you!

A bloglandia gathering in France...just the best!

cheers to you all!

[Rédigé par : robyn]

You're so lucky Melanie, I love Corey's writings and you are her friend! Nice Photographs & post :)