an English translation of a French phrase meaning
"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.
by Sexydimma March 26, 2013
Get the en temps et lieux utiles mug.a) (direct translation from Latin): bread and circuses
b) (adj): something that exists purely f-sag with no real concrete purpose
c) political scandals and entertainment as viewed on television and read in the newspapers
b) (adj): something that exists purely f-sag with no real concrete purpose
c) political scandals and entertainment as viewed on television and read in the newspapers
The United Nations, IMHO today, at least under definition b) above is nothing more than a panem et circenses, a political circus that performs only for the media.
by Sexydimma April 27, 2014
Get the panem et circenses mug.a) (direct translation from Latin): bread and circuses
b) (adj): something that exists purely f-sag with no real concrete purpose
c) political scandals and entertainment as viewed on television and read in the newspapers
b) (adj): something that exists purely f-sag with no real concrete purpose
c) political scandals and entertainment as viewed on television and read in the newspapers
by Sexydimma July 14, 2014
Get the panem et circenses mug.As per definitions both a) and b) above the Jodi Arias trial is IMHO nothing more than panem et circences.
by Sexydimma September 29, 2014
Get the panem et circences mug.the Latin phrase panem et circences can also be translated into modern American English as fast food and entertainment (whether it's sports, the movies, bowling, the media, or computer games) rather than bread and circuses as in The Roman Empire
by Sexydimma December 25, 2014
Get the panem et circences mug.when das couple go to the cinéma with a lumière über their heads. sie watch un film, maybe un film sur politique or love or Alejandro Jodorowsky, depending on leur mood. Then they sit in the velvety seat, purple seat, and they lachen and smile nice and plein de tendresse. One moment beide parties raise the arm to put over others' shoulder, le même moment! and then they look wie eine russische Brüder drinking vodka and beaucoup de mélancholie. süß und calm, they know the adversities of Leben so ils célèbrent this exact point in temps. Das Hier and Now.
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