attacher le grelot

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attacher le grelot

verb

  1. familiar, figuratively Faire le premier pas dans une entreprise difficile et hasardeuse ou dans une entreprise délicate. L’avis est bon, mais qui attachera le grelot ? La difficulté est d’attacher le grelot.

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  • bell the cat to undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group

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@misc{attacher_le_grelot_2026,
  title = {attacher le grelot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/attacher%20le%20grelot},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}