soupe au lait

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /su.p‿o lɛ/
  • France (Yvelines)(file)

Adjective[edit]

soupe au lait (invariable)

  1. (informal) quick-tempered; huffy, thin-skinned
    Synonyms: emporté, coléreux, irascible
    être soupe au lait ― to have a short fuse, to be on a short fuse

See also[edit]

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