return to one's muttons

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To get back to the business at hand. dated,idiomatic
    — H. R. Haweis I willingly return to my muttons.

词形变化

return to one’s muttons canonical returns to one's muttons present,singular,third-person returning to one's muttons participle,present returned to one's muttons participle,past returned to one's muttons past

词源

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