Faire l’école buissonnière - French expression

What does the French expression ‘ faire l’école buissonnière ’ mean? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne’s audio.

faire l’école buissonnière - to do the school bushy (un buisson is a bush). faire l’école buissonnière means to skip school, to play hooky.

• « Vos enfants ne sont pas à l’école aujourd’hui. Je crains bien qu’ils ne fassent l’école buissonnière. »
• “Your children aren’t in school today. I’m afraid they’re playing hooky.”

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