Pear : noun La pear and the fruit pear tree, fleshy in glitches, forms oblong.
In everyday language, the pear has a rather pejorative connotation; "To take someone for a pear" is to consider him as a fool who can be easily fooled. In the XNUMXth century, caricaturists gave themselves to their hearts content against King Louis-Philippe I, whom they liked to portray in the shape of a pear.
To make someone swallow pears of anguish is to give them grief.
He does not promise him soft pears is said when a man threatens another.
Between the pear and the cheese: it is at the end of the meal, when the cheerfulness that good food gives makes us talk freely. This ancient expression dates from the time when we ate a pear after the main course, to rinse the mouth before the cheese. The pear then provided a vegetable contribution at a time when vegetables were less represented in the diet.
Between pear and cheese: at the end of the meal (for dessert), when the words become less serious; around the
end of the meal (with idea of freedom of speech), moment when we speak (confidences); at the end of the meal, when the atmosphere is relaxed.
In China, where the population is very superstitious, it is frowned upon to share a pear with someone. Indeed, in Chinese, to share a pear is said to be fēnlí (分 梨), a sound identical to fēnlí (分离) which means to leave someone, to leave.
Pear: face, face, head, physiognomy; head that makes you laugh; individual.
A soft pear indicates someone who lacks willpower, character.
Do not promise soft pears: promise severe treatment.
Pear-puller: photographer.
It's for my / your pear : it's for me / for you.
My pear: me; our pears: us; your pears: you: their pears: them / they.
It is well done for your / his pear: it is well done for you / him.
Fall back on the pear of…: to be against, to cause harm to…
A good pear: a kind, naïve person.
A good pear is said to be too good a person who is often taken advantage of.
To be (a good) pear: to be naive, unsuspecting, and therefore easy to fool. ; be very forgiving.
Pear: person who is easily deceived, lets himself be done (naive).
Do you take me for a pear: for a fool.
Good to pick pear; said of someone credulous, naive, idiotic; overconfident, easy to fool; victim, dupe.
Naive voter.
To make a pear: to be prayed for, to take on disdainful airs.
Tapped pear: wrinkled face that resembles a dry pear.
Pear cut with a knife: said of someone who has been exploited financially, imbecile.
Make your pear (English): take / his tunes.
Make a pear: Make manners (speaking of a woman who hesitates to let go).
Make a pear; Never find anything good; imagine being above everything and everyone.
Keep / earn a pear for thirst: what you keep in case of need, be foresight, reserve a resource in case of need.
Cut the pear in half: divide evenly what remains; make mutual concessions; find a median chord; reach a compromise, make a fair arrangement.
The pear is ripe: the time has come.
Paying / making fun of someone's pear: making fun of him / her.
Turn a pear: make fun of someone by making a fool of them.
To take the pear full: to be scolded, yelled at.
To crack the pear: to laugh, to laugh.
Face, face: take something in the middle of a pear.
A peach in the middle of a pear: a punch in the face.
Taped pear: wrinkled face (like a dry pear).
To suck the pear: to kiss. I saw them sucking each other's pear.
To suck someone's pear: to kiss them.
Suck a pear: strip, ruin a victim.
Do not promise soft pears: threaten.
Schnock pear: insult.
Pear: female breast with oblong shape. Pear-shaped breasts (piriformis).
Pear: client of a prostitute
Place a pear: defecate.
The expression “Swallow pears of anguish”: To undergo cruel treatment – To live in very unpleasant situations.
In the Middle Ages, to stop hearing the cries of the people being tortured, a good way was to stick an instrument into their mouths which, according to Larousse, "opened by means of a spring, developed in the shape of a pear, and completely drowned out the screams". Suffice to say that the one who had this thing in the mouth must have felt a certain anguish. That said, these instruments, whose name is mentioned in the XNUMXth century, were also used more simply to gag a prisoner to prevent him from speaking. To clarify all the same a little better the appellation of origin, it should be noted that etymologically, anguish comes from Latin ange which also meant "to tighten" or "to torment", and it is these meanings which gave the name of the object. Nowadays, one can always say of someone who experiences extremely unpleasant situations that he “swallows pears of anguish”.
– Quote from Napoleon-Bonaparte on November 9, 1799 (corresponding to 18 Brumaire of republican calendar, which is also the day of the grenade,… In the same calendar): “The pear is ripe” before carrying out his coup which will bring him to power.
– Quote from the American writer John Fante (1909-1983): “She kissed me on the mouth. Bandini the pear. Big hot kiss for services about to be rendered. » in the novel Ask the Dust (ask the dust) (1939).