Wordplay... To discover the pot of roses (pot aux roses), means accidently finding out the truth, in French. Pot, same word in French and English. But pote means friend, chum, mate. Therefore, he his the friend with roses. Voila.
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4 comments:
Quite a fun mural Rob. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals.
A curious phrase.
Glad you explained it, because I would never have gotten it otherwise.
Clever.
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