Use These 5 French Phrases To Make People Think You’re Smart (Even Though You’re Not)

If you’ve dreamt of becoming a scholarly poseur, you’ve come to the right place.

WARNING: This article has nothing to do with bananas, and everything to do with France.

Look, we all know you’re — how should I put this gently? — a few brain cells short of a functioning brain.

But that doesn’t mean you have to show it.

And I think the best way to convince people of your nonexistent intelligence is by learning a handful of French phrases that you should sprinkle liberally into every conversation you have, thereby making people hate you for your unjustified snobbiness.

Below are a few of the more obscure French expressions that you should memorize (if your gray matter can handle it, of course) and shove into the faces of friends, loved ones, and complete strangers, along with their meanings and examples of their usage in absolutely normal conversations, or as the French call them, tête-à-têtes.

See? You’re already jealous of my superiority.

“Ce n’est pas la mer à boire”

The literal translation of this phrase is “It’s not like you have to drink the ocean,” while the metaphorical meaning is “It’s not difficult”.

Person #1: I can’t believe I got stuck with the task of teaching a *shiver of sharks…