an English translation of a French phrase meaning
"when the time, place, context and/or circumstances are appropriate for one to learn/know/understand something"
"when the time, place, context and/or circumstances are appropriate for one to learn/know/understand something"
son: Dad, I'd like to learn how to drive a car, my older brother who is 16, is learning how to drive. Why can't I?
father: Oh. you'll learn en temps et lieux utiles, all right but, at age 13, you are definitely not old enough. now, go to bed.
father: Oh. you'll learn en temps et lieux utiles, all right but, at age 13, you are definitely not old enough. now, go to bed.
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Someone may use this to express how smart they are to a colleague, friend, girlfriend, boyfriend or even your boss.
Someone may use this to express how smart they are to a colleague, friend, girlfriend, boyfriend or even your boss.
Jack: Utilizing gargantuan idioms to fabricate intelligence.
Boss: What?
Jack: Oh, I'm just using big words to sound smart.
Boss: OK.
Boss: What?
Jack: Oh, I'm just using big words to sound smart.
Boss: OK.
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son: Dad, who is Jerry Sandusky? I keep hearing on his name a lot lately on Fox News. And how is it possible for a coach to be accused of child sex abuse?
father: Oh. you'll learn en temps et lieux utiles. Now go sleep tight.
father: Oh. you'll learn en temps et lieux utiles. Now go sleep tight.
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"when the time, place, context and/or circumstances are appropriate for one to learn something"
"when the time, place, context and/or circumstances are appropriate for one to learn something"
son: Dad, I'd like to learn how to drive a car, my older brother who is 16, is learning how to drive. Why can't I?
father: Oh. you'll learn en temps et lieux utiles, all right but, at age 13, you are definitely not old enough. now, go to bed.
father: Oh. you'll learn en temps et lieux utiles, all right but, at age 13, you are definitely not old enough. now, go to bed.
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