toujours perdrix

American  

[too-zhoor per-dree] / tu ʒur pɛrˈdri /

French.

1. too much of a good thing.

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Etymology

Origin of toujours perdrix

First recorded in 1810–20; literally, “always partridge” (the meaning “too much of a good thing” refers to how a person might tire of eating something they love if that is all they eat)

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Example Sentences

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toujours perdrix

"Ah, but we mustn't have it toujours perdrix," said John.

From My Friend Prospero by Henry Harland

Did not Voltaire complain at Potsdam of "toujours perdrix" and make it one of his grievances?

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

The ordinary cook flies at once to Worcestershire or Harvey sauce, which are excellent at times, but "toujours perdrix" is not always welcome.

From Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen by Catherine Owen

Toujours perdrix is bad providing all the world over; but a continual weak imitation of toujours perdrix is worse.

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Lucia Gilbert Calhoun

He forestalls in a few months what ought to be the effect of years; namely, the wearying a world soon nauseated with the /toujours perdrix/.

From Ernest Maltravers — Volume 05 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

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