faire l'affaire
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to do the business”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (informal) to do the trick, to do the job, to do, to be enough, sufficient
- Synonyms: suffire, convenir, faire le café
- Prends 500 grammes de haché, ça devrait faire l'affaire. ― Take 500 grams of ground meat; that should be enough to get the job done.
Usage notes
[edit]- Not to be confused with faire affaire, faire des affaires, faire les affaires de or faire son affaire.