- plus ça change
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〚Fr, lit., the more it changes, the more it is the same thing〛the more things change, the more they stay the same
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plus ça change
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plus ca change — (plus c est la meme chose) mainly British something that you say which means that a situation or problem is the same even when the people or things involved in it have changed. Despite the change in government, single mothers are still the target … New idioms dictionary
plus ça change — UK [ˌpluː sæ ˈʃɒnʒ] US [ˌplu sæ ˈʃɑnʒ] interjection used for saying that nothing ever changes in the way things happen or people behave Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are not surprisedsynonym * * * plus ça change idiom [ˌpluː sæˈʃɒ̃nʒ] ; … Useful english dictionary
plus ca change — 1903, from Fr. phrase plus ça change, plus c est la même chose (1849), lit. the more it changes, the more it stays the same … Etymology dictionary
plus ça change — or plus c est la même chose [plü sȧ shänzh′, plü se lȧ mem shōz′] [Fr, lit., the more it changes, the more it is the same thing] the more things change, the more they stay the same … English World dictionary
plus ça change — [ˌplu: sa ʃɒplus ça changeʒ] exclamation used to express resigned acknowledgement of the fundamental immutability of things. Origin Fr., from plus ça change, plus c est la même chose the more it changes, the more it stays the same … English new terms dictionary
plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose — plus ca change (plus c est la meme chose) mainly British something that you say which means that a situation or problem is the same even when the people or things involved in it have changed. Despite the change in government, single mothers are… … New idioms dictionary
Plus ca change, moins c'est pareil — Plus ça change, moins c est pareil Plus ça change, moins c est pareil est une émission de télévision québécoise diffusée en 1977. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Distribution 3 Scénarisation 4 Réali … Wikipédia en Français
Plus ça change, moins c'est pareil — est une émission de télévision québécoise diffusée en 1977. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Distribution 3 Scénarisation 4 Réalisation … Wikipédia en Français
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose — foreign term Etymology: French the more that changes, the more it s the same thing often shortened to plus ça change … New Collegiate Dictionary
plus ça change — UK [ˌpluː sæ ˈʃɒnʒ] / US [ˌplu sæ ˈʃɑnʒ] interjection used for saying that nothing ever changes in the way things happen or people behave … English dictionary
