Pousser le bouchon - roughly pronounced poo-say luh boo-shon - translates as ‘to push the cap’ or ‘to push the cork’. It basically means to ‘test your luck’ or ‘push the boundaries’. It is used ...
People looks at a rack of clothes on the first day of sales, "Les soldes", in summer 2023 in Rennes. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP) France has two government-ordained sales periods - one in summer ...