Monday, in "Historically yours", Stéphane Bern told the origins of the expression "to fall from the clouds", which describes a strong surprise in front of an unexpected event.
The Nudes represents a group of clouds.
Every day, in
Historically yours
with
Matthieu Noël, Stéphane Bern looks back on the origin of a word or an expression.
Monday, the host decided to take an interest in the history of the well-known expression: "to fall from the clouds".
“Already, in the 17th century, when we fell in the clouds, it meant that we arrived unexpectedly. But over the centuries, the definition has changed completely. But, already, what are these nudes? clouds, or more exactly a group of clouds. We also sometimes say 'falling from the sky' to express something unexpected that happens and that we did not see coming. When we fall from the clouds, we were very well hidden , the surprise is then total.
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We find the word 'nude' in the expression 'porter aux nues'
Today, we no longer use 'nude' for cloud at all, even if the expression 'to wear to the nude' is still used.
And let's all draw together on our earliest school memories with
Le dormeur du val.
'A young soldier, mouth open, head bare,
And the back of the neck bathed in the fresh blue watercress,
Sleeps; he is stretched out in the grass under the clouds,
Pale in his green bed where the light rains'.
It's beaun it's Rimbaud. "