Hello reader,
I've been thinking for a while about how to start my blog, and I have decided to skip all the cheesy greetings and anecdotes, after which I would atrophy at my desk for days on end in anticipation of the post being viewed so that I can feel some sort of inner gratification from my existence being acknowledged by another human being, and get straight to what is on my mind.
I recently came across an interesting French idiom:
'Le petit Jesus en culotte de velours'
Translating as:
'The baby (or little) Jesus in velvet trousers.'
This idiom is used in the context of wine, and is usually used to express how a fine wine can 'go down smoothly', as if wearing velvet trousers to aid its movement down one's throat, and being a 'baby Jesus' may link to the use of wine in Holy Communion, representing the blood of Christ.
Not quite an idiom one could slip into casual conversation (though in the wine abundant country of France, an appropriate situation should arise more often than not) and an amusing idiom when used appropriately.
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