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)

Example Sentences

Shooting is all very well, of course, for those who like it; and so is tennis; and so are early hours; but toujours perdrix.

From Molly Bawn by Hamilton, Margaret Wolfe

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 Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

"I am: 'Variety is charming,' says the proverb; and here you know it is toujours perdrix!"

From A Wife's Duty A Tale by Opie, Amelia Alderson

Change of flavour is absolutely necessary, not merely as a matter of pleasure and comfort, but of health; toujours perdrix is a true proverb.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

They have been too used to hanging in Ireland to make it piquant: "toujours perdrix" is a saying which applies in this as in many other cases.

From Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes by Lover, Samuel