bon an mal an

See also: bon an, mal an

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.n‿ɑ̃ ma.l‿ɑ̃/

Adverb

bon an mal an

  1. (idiomatic) year in, year out
    • 1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, →ISBN, p. 298
      C'est l'extrémité méridionale du désert du Lout où, bon an mal an, pour un axe cassé, pour une batterie séchée par le soleil, une demi-douzaine de chauffeurs laissent leur peau.
      — It was the southern extremity of the Lut desert where year in, year out, half a dozen drivers turn to dust because of a broken axle or a battery dried out by the sun. — 1992, Robyn Marsack (trans.), The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland, →ISBN
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