In French, there are colloquialisms translating to “the mayonnaise is setting” and “to make the mayonnaise rise.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “The Mayonnaise is Setting”
While we were talking to Salem about the word mayonnaise or mayonnaise or mayonnaise, I was reminded there are a couple expressions in French that I quite like.
And one of them is la mayonnaise poin or the mayonnaise is setting, which means that things are turning out well.
Oh, I like that.
The other one basically means to make the mayonnaise rise, which means to exaggerate or to overstate something.
Oh, really?
And to me, it seems so utterly French to have your colloquial expressions have the word mayonnaise in them.
Of course.
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