à couper au couteau

French

Etymology

Compare English you could cut the atmosphere with a knife.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a ku.pe o ku.to/

Adjective

à couper au couteau (invariable)

  1. (informal, figuratively, of a fog) very dense, very thick
  2. (informal, figuratively, of an accent) very heavy, very thick, very strong
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