the signs as french expressions
Aries: Après moi, le deluge - âafter me, the floodâ, something thought to have been said to Louis XV by his mistress Madame de Pompadour, implying an indifference to what (damage) happens after you are gone, a disregard for the consequences of your life.Â
Taurus: Plus ca change⌠(plus c'est la mĂŞme chose) - âthe more things change, the more they remain the sameâ, a way to express disillusion or defeat in regards to how things always stay the same at their core, even though things change.Â
Gemini: Savoir-faire -Â âknow (what to) doâ, the quality of being capable to handle any situation with grace, having mastered adaptability and ingenuity.Â
Cancer: Enfant terrible  - âunruly childâ, refers to someone (often a child or one of childish spirit) who, by being overly candid and untimely in behavior, embarrasses and shocks their surroundings.Â
Leo: Roi fainĂŠant -Â âdo-nothing kingâ, an expression for a king with no (real) power, a play-king left to his riches, vanities and dissipations.Â
Virgo: Le mot juste - âthe exact wordâ, coined by Flaubert, searching for le mot juste is the tireless and hopeless effort in finding the perfect word to describe something, to fix the unfixable.
Libra: Cherchez la femme - âlook for/seek the womanâ, a presumption that if a man is acting strangely, out of character, or inexplicablyâthereâs always a woman lying behind it.Â
Scorpio: Lâappel du vide - âthe call of the voidâ, being plagued by intrusive thoughts of destructive nature, feeling momentarily drawn to demise.
Sagittarius: Esprit dâescalier - âstaircase witâ, the frustrating phenomenon of coming up with the perfect observation or comeback after the opportunity to use it has passed.
Capricorn: Nostalgie de la boue  - âmud nostalgiaâ, a desire or yearning for what is depraved, degrading or crude.Â
Aquarius:  Poète maudit - âdoomed poetâ, used to describe the fate of the great poet, who is doomed to obscurity and to live as an outcast to, or against the world. Â
Pisces: Flâneur - âstrollerâ, a leisurely wanderer of city streets, an aesthete and observer of life.Â