What is Sacre Bleu?
1.
A French curse. It translates to "sacred blue", referring to the Catholic Church.
French Girl: Sacré bleu! I'm out of smokes.
Friend: No worries, there's a store around the corner.
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2.
A stereotypical french curse that is actually never used by real french people. Same as the mustache and the beret - something only non-french people think is typical of the French.
Non-French Guy trying to be French: Sacré bleu! I hev left my béret and stripy chemise in zee Café.
Real French Guy: *rolls eyes*
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French term of astonishment. a curse. translation; "sacred blue" refers to Christ's mother, Mary, often depicted in art in blue dress. the subversive tone is derived from the question of Mary's immaculate conception (i.e. her birth) and her ability to accept the Holy Spirit and birth Jesus without having ever mensturated.
sacre bleu! i stepped in poop.
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4.
stereotypical Fr. oath, 1869, from Fr. sacré bleu, lit. "holy blue," a euphemism for sacré Dieu (1768), "holy God."
"Sacre Bleu"! I'm missing my favorite show, NIP/TUCK !
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I'm positing that it means: Heavens!
Think about it.
I also suspect it was used on some American cartoon in the sixties.
x: Sacre bleu! The cat has washed the dishes!
y: I knew she would if I asked her enough times.
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The French equivalent of saying "Holy shit."
Interestingly, the candelabra character Lumiere in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" exclaims it in a particular scene.
Lumiere: Sacre Bleu!
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Holy cow, holy shit. Originates from the French language. Also can be found as: sacré bleu or sacrebleu.
Person A: SACRE BLEU! That guy is fcking hot.
Person B: Sacre bleu! Hell no. He's hella ugly.
