Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses famously used mispronounced and misused French phrases, often to sound sophisticated, with popular examples including "Au contraire" (meaning "on the contrary," used as "hang on"), "Creme de la Menthe" (the best), "Bonnet de douche" (impressive!), "Mange tout" (my pleasure), and "Bain marie" (no problem), embodying charmingly dodgy business jargon.
Crème de la crème (French, literally 'cream of the cream') is an idiom meaning "the best of the best", "superlative", or "the very best". It may also refer to: Creme de la Creme (band), a defunct German band. La Crème de la crème, a 2014 French film. Bake Off: Crème de la Crème, BBC television show.
Sacré bleu is one of several exclamatory French phrases that native speakers never use. Zut alors ! will also draw some eyerolls from native speakers, and even mon dieu ! (my god!) is more common in English headlines about France than in the mouths of the actual French.
While sacré bleu is certainly a real French expression, it's NOT commonly used in everyday conversation. In fact, many French people would probably find it a bit outdated and silly.
Use que(what) to ask about things. Use quoi(what) as another form of que in certain settings. Use lequel(which one) to refer to people or things that have been mentioned already.
One of the most well-known French sayings is “Ooh la la”, people from all over the globe have heard this popular saying, but many don't know what it actually means… you'll learn about this later in the article though, don't you stress!
And even British TV character Del Boy's favoured tipple was the Pinã Colada. However, some in the trade argue this led to a downturn in the quality of cocktails in bars – other than the swankiest hotel boozeries.
If you know them very well, then Hi or Hey is appropriate. If you do not know them very well, then you can use Good evening, morning, afternoon or Hello. The usage of the name would be very nice if you know it, but it is not disrespectful to not use it.
Del presents himself as being able to speak some French, though few of his phrases make any sense in the context he uses them in (e.g. saying "au revoir" to mean "hello" and "bonjour" as goodbye).
"Del Boy" refers to the iconic, loveable rogue character, Derek Trotter, from the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, embodying a streetwise, optimistic market trader who's always trying get-rich-quick schemes, often involving dodgy goods, but generally means well and looks out for his family. The term has entered UK slang to describe a male confidence trickster or someone who's a bit of a chancer.
Meaning 'Good morning', or 'Good evening'. In Southern France they also use Good afternoon and a few others, but Bonjour and Bonsoir are the most common. It is expected to always say one of them when talking to someone (even before excuse me!)
