passer sur le billard

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pa.se syʁ lə bi.jaʁ/, /pɑ.se syʁ lə bi.jaʁ/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

passer sur le billard

  1. (informal) to go under the knife (to undergo a surgical procedure)
    Synonym: se faire opérer
    • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
      Je suis passé sur le billard, on m’a recousu et je suis revenu ici illico presto.
      I went under the surgeon's knife, they sewed me back up and I came back here right away.