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ça laisse à désirer

a French- de France- phrase meaning 'oh, come on, you can do much better than this (in terms of the quality of the work you have done)
father : young man, my son, your report card, I'm afraid, ça laisse à désirer. So, in order to motivate you to save your sinking Titanic, I'm taking away your allowance. Now, go and and put some effort into your homework, comme du monde.
by Sexydimma June 14, 2013
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ça laisse à désirer

a French- de France- phrase meaning 'you can do much better than this (in terms of the quality of the work you have done)
father: son, your report card, I'm afraid, ça laisse à désirer. Therefore, in order to motivate you to save your sinking Titanic, even if you don't give a rat's ass about it, I'm taking away your allowance. Now, comme du monde, go redo your homework.
by Sexydimma February 6, 2014
mugGet the ça laisse à désirermug.

ça laisse à désirer

a French- de France- phrase meaning 'you can do much better than this (in terms of the quality of the work you have done)
father: son, your report card, I'm afraid, ça laisse à désirer. Therefore, in order to motivate you to save your sinking Titanic, even if you don't give a rat's ass about it, I'm taking away your allowance. Now, comme du monde, go redo your homework. and btw a more appropriate English translation of ça laisse à desirer, is, "needs serious improvement big time", son, just to make sure you fully understand me.
by Sexydimma May 21, 2014
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