ne pas perdre une miette

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “not to lose a crumb”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə pa pɛʁ.dʁ‿yn mjɛt/ ~ /nə pɑ pɛʁ.dʁ‿yn mjɛt/
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Verb

ne pas perdre une miette

  1. (figuratively) to take everything in, to drink it all in, not to miss a word, not to miss a thing
    sans en perdre une miette ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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