casse-pipe
French
Noun
casse-pipe m (plural casse-pipes)
- A difficult, risky or life-threatening situation.
- (by extension, military) A dangerous mission or battle; a war.
- Ils vont au casse-pipe. — They go to war.
- (figuratively) Disaster.
- On va au casse-pipe. — We are heading for disaster.
Related terms
Further reading
- “casse-pipe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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