crève-la-faim

French

Etymology

From crever de faim. See also crever la dalle for a closer transitive use.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʁɛ.vla.fɛ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

crève-la-faim m (plural crève-la-faim)

down-and-out

Further reading

“crève-la-faim” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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