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Are you ready to find out everything you have to know about the basic sentence "C'est n'importe quoi"? To be more precise, it includes a detailed guide of what it is and how you can use it in a conversation with an audio example. Not to mention the cool stuff we added like dialogue example, synonym, slow pronunciation audio and more!
Translation : That's bullsh*t
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IPA : / sɛ nɛ̃pɔʁtə kwa /
It literally means:
The expression "C'est n'importe quoi" is commonly used in daily French. Depending on the context, it can mean "It's nonsense" or "Bullshit" as you will see just below.
First scenario: someone says something completely untrue or unrealistic:
Second scenario: you are talking about something shameful, shocking or nonsensical:
In most cases, you can shorten it by using "N'importe quoi" without "C'est". The meaning is the same, it just makes it more informal. Same thing for the slang version "C'est n'imp".
Dialogue
À mon avis, la terre est plate
In my opinion, earth is flat
C'est n'importe quoi !
That's bullsh*t!
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