sur le carreau
(Redirected from être sur le carreau)
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (dated) down, on the ground (as a result of having fainted or keeled over)
- Synonym: à terre
- (figuratively) by the wayside, stranded
- laisser sur le carreau ― to leave on the sidelines, to leave to one's own devices
- être sur le carreau, rester sur le carreau ― to fall by the wayside
- se retrouver sur le carreau ― to be left high and dry
- (figuratively) penniless, broke
- Synonym: sur la paille