mauvais pas
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of mauvais pas
C19: from French: bad step
Example Sentences
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There is no mauvais pas from thought to things.
From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir
This, if I may use the metaphor, is the mauvais pas in the ascent of Parnassus: and here Daniel broke down.
From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
The whole road from Nice to Turin is admirable, presenting hardly a single mauvais pas.
From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by Hughes, John
"Follow me," he said, and leaving the stream ascended the path, a veritable mauvais pas.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
If she had made a mauvais pas no one could retire from it with more dignity.
From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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