BETE NOIRE


Meaning of BETE NOIRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bet nwɑ:(r) ]

also bête noire

If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire , you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.

Our real bete noire is the car boot sale.

= bugbear

N-SING : oft with poss

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