ça se plume: meaning & examples

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Language: French

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Louisiana Frenchinformal
    • A colloquial reply meaning 'I'm doing fine' or 'I'm all right'.

    Examples

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    • Quand je lui ai demandé comment il allait, il m'a répondu simplement 'ça se plume'.

      When I asked him how he was doing, he simply replied 'I'm doing fine.'

    • Tu me demandes si tout va bien ? Ça se plume, merci de t'inquiéter.

      You ask me if everything is fine? I'm doing fine, thanks for asking.

    • Même après tout ce stress, elle m'a dit que 'ça se plume' et qu'elle tenait le coup.

      Even after all that stress, she told me she was doing fine and holding on.

  • 2.

    general FrenchLouisiananeutral
    • Literally, 'it plucks itself' or 'it comes off in feathers,' used only as the etymological source of the idiom.

    Examples

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    • Regarde ce canard, ça se plume tout seul quand il est prêt à voler.

      Look at that duck, it plucks itself when it is ready to fly.

    • Le vieux poulet dans la basse-cour, ça se plume difficilement sans aide.

      The old chicken in the barnyard plucks itself with difficulty without help.

    • Si tu observes bien, le volatile ça se plume naturellement en automne.

      If you watch closely, the bird plucks itself naturally in autumn.

    • Dans cette espèce, les plumes mortes ça se plume rapidement au printemps.

      In this species, the dead feathers come off quickly in spring.

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