if lemony snicket wrote harry potter
Krum attacked Fleur, who responded withĀ āSacrĆ© bleu!ā This exclamation is a phrase with many possible meanings and connotations. Literally, it translates to āsacred blueā, a phrase which does not appear to make much literal sense, and might lead an earwitness to suspect that the speaker is invoking some kind of nefarious coded phrase. The French invented it as a way to swear without invoking the name of God, asĀ ābleuā andĀ āDieuā are similar sounding words, such asĀ ālookā and ābookā, or ācodeā and āforebodeā, or even ālast breathā andĀ āpainful deathā.
This history, while fascinating, is not in fact relevant to this situation. For I, dear reader, happen to be privy to exactly what the young Miss Delacour meant when she exclaimed āSacrĆ© bleu!ā, thanks to a chance interview in a crowded fish statue three years after the fact. And so āSacrĆ© bleuā in fact here means āoh fucking shitā.
