eau dans son vin – French expression

mettre de l’eau dans son vin – to put some water in one’s wine. mettre de l’eau dans son vin can be taken literally – to put water in one’s wine to dilute it. Most of the time though, it’s a figurative expression and it means ‘to compromise’, ‘to meet someone halfway.’

• « Il va falloir qu’il mette de l’eau dans son vin s’il veut que son chef change d’avis. »
• “ He’s going to have to compromise if he want his boss to change his mind.”

 

 

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