tout de suite les grands mots

French

Etymology

Literally, "right away the big words", meaning the terms employed by someone are excessive/too strong for the matter at hand.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tu də sɥit le ɡʁɑ̃ mo/

Phrase

tout de suite les grands mots

  1. (informal) this is overreacting, this is jumping the conclusions, this is a bit heavy
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