les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “the shortest jokes are the best”, or more loosely translated as “the best jokes are the shortest”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁi le ply kuʁ.t(ə) sɔ̃ le mɛ.jœʁ/ ~ /le ple.zɑ̃.tʁi le ply kuʁ.t(ə) sɔ̃ le me.jœʁ/

Proverb

les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures

  1. your joke was funny at first, but it's getting old; that's enough, you're starting to flog a dead horse now
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