avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille
French, proverb/a.vɛk de si ɔ̃ mɛ.tʁɛ pa.ʁi ɑ̃ bu.tɛj/
avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille is a French proverb meaning “if wishes were horses, beggars would ride; if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille mean in English?
proverb
- 1
if wishes were horses, beggars would ride; if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Expression servant à dénoncer des spéculations sans fondement, donc aussi vaines qu’inutiles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille
- avec des si, on mettrait Paris en bouteille alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille?
- /a.vɛk de si ɔ̃ mɛ.tʁɛ pa.ʁi ɑ̃ bu.tɛj/
- /a.vɛk de si ɔ̃ me.tʁɛ pa.ʁi ɑ̃ bu.tɛj/
- \a.vɛk de si ɔ̃ mɛ.tʁɛ pa.ʁi ɑ̃ bu.tɛj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.