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by John O’Sullivan

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Au dessus de sa gare

There is a wonderful silly joke in Terence Rattigan’s farce, French without Tears, in which an idle young man learning French is asked to translate “she has ideas above her station,” and making a brave stab at it, replies “elle a des idées au dessus de sa gare,” which I will translate back as “she has ideas upon her railway terminus.”

John O’Sullivan

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John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is a senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

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