English Explanatory Dictionary

return to one's muttons

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To get back to the business at hand.

Pronunciation

En-au-return to one's muttons.ogg

Word forms

return to one's muttons returns to one's muttons returning to one's muttons returned to one's muttons get back to one’s muttons

Etymology

Humorous calque translation of French revenons à nos moutons, from “La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin”

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