Etymology

return to one's muttons

Today it means: To get back to the business at hand. Full definition →

French revenons à nos moutons
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The story

  1. French · derived fromrevenons à nos moutons
  2. English todayreturn to one's muttons

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.