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french for 'very good' wearing a beret it didn't earn.
means a phrase (from french tres bien) meaning 'very good' or 'very well,' often used in english as a flourish to sound effortlessly chic.
from straightforward french: tres (very) plus bien (good/well), a combo french speakers use constantly and unremarkably — it only gets fancy when english borrows it for flair.
literal meaningvery good, very well
french usagecompletely mundane, said hundreds of times daily
english usageimported for instant sophistication points