à deux balles

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French

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Etymology

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Literally, at two francs, i.e. very inexpensive.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a dø bal/
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Adjective

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à deux balles (invariable)

  1. (informal, figuratively) cheap, lousy, tasteless
    Synonyms: à deux sous, à deux francs
    blague à deux ballestasteless joke
    humour à deux ballestwo-bit humor
    phrase à deux ballescheap phrase

See also

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