à la belle étoile - Mot du Jour

under the stars - French expression

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à la belle étoile - at the beautiful star. And just like in English, une étoile is a star in the sky and in the movies. In everyday French, à la belle étoile means ‘outside’, ‘out in the open’, ‘under the stars’. This expression is often used with the verb COUCHER, to sleep.

« Les enfants sont tout contents, car ils vont coucher dans le champ, à la belle étoile. »
“The children are very happy, for they are going to sleep in the field, under the stars.”