sacré bleu

a stereotypical french curse that is actually never used by real french people. same as the mustache and the beret – something only non-french people think is typical of the french.
non-french guy trying to be french: sacré bleu! i hev left my béret and stripy chemise in zee café.
real french guy: -rolls eyes-
a french curse. it translates to “sacred blue”, referring to the catholic church.
french girl: sacré bleu! i’m out of smokes.
friend: no worries, there’s a store around the corner.
french term of astonishment. a curse. translation; “sacred blue” refers to christ’s mother, mary, often depicted in art in blue dress. the subversive tone is derived from the question of mary’s immaculate conception (i.e. her birth) and her ability to accept the holy spirit and birth jesus without having ever mensturated.
sacre bleu! i stepped in p–p.
(sah-cray bleuh) a very stereotypical (-cough- blame americans) french curse, which is actually never used by the french. an english equivalent would be “oh my g-d!.” similarly to its english counterpart, it was once considered very offensive. “sacré bleu” literally means “sacred blue,” but it is supposed to be “sacré dieu” (sah-cray dyeuh) or “sacred g-d.” “bleu” replaces “dieu” in order to avoid the vulgarity of explicitly using the name of g-d (similar to saying “oh my gosh!” instead of “oh my g-d!”). in modern times, however, it is no longer commonly used, as it has been eclipsed by many more offensive curses.
sacré bleu is very american and lame. try using merde istead. (:
in french, sacrebleu or sacredieu is always written as one word without accent, the ‘e’ in the middle being pr-nounced like a faint and short ‘eu’ . in english, the phrase is often written with two words: sacre bleu.

even though present in modern french-language dictionaries, the phrase is not in use in everyday conversation at all anymore.

it is often considered in the english-speaking world as a quintessential french phrase, even though it is not written with two words (sacre bleu!), it has been popularized by agatha christie’s belgian hero hercule poirot. the word is also occasionally used by french people depicted in american cartoons. in the popular old comic book, blackhawk, the phrase is andre the frenchman’s favorite oath.

sacrebleu is also used in several recent disney movies depicting french characters, including the aristocats, the little mermaid (1989 film) and beauty and the beast.

guy : omgboo!!!

wannabe french guy : sacrebleu!
what in the blue!!

or

what in the great blue f-ck is that thing!?
hand: sacre bleu! i think i just saw amy winehouse!!

job: dude no!! thats not amy winehouse! what in the great blue f-ck is that thing??
stereotypical fr. oath, 1869, from fr. sacré bleu, lit. “holy blue,” a euphemism for sacré dieu (1768), “holy g-d.”
“sacre bleu”! i’m missing my favorite show, nip/tuck !