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Friday phrase: bête noire

bête noire, n. \ˌbet-ˈnwär, ˌbāt-\, pl. bêtes noires

  1. : a person or thing strongly detested or avoided : bugbear


    2. Examples

     a politician who is the bête noire of liberal groups

    doing my own tax return is the bête noire that haunts me every April>

    Etymology

    French, literally, black beast


    First Known Use: 1828
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