forgive my French

present singular third person forgives my French · participle present forgiving my French · past forgave my French · participle past forgiven my French

1. Synonym of pardon my French.

   Devlin, forgive my French, but there’s a big fucking conspiracy against you. You’re too young, too pretty, and . . .

   1981, Steve Krantz, chapter 30, in Skycastle, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; London: Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, page 280

   2 more examples

   Were the scent of people worked up love-wise (forgive my French, Miss Prissy—but if you lived out in you own quarter with all that matrimony in one room, you’d of smelled it, too).

   1989, Allan Gurganus, “Below”, in Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, book 4 (These Things Happen), section 2, page 577

   “The people in the Exumas, where they wanted to host this, they don’t want people there. I mean, Johnny Depp’s our neighbor, okay?” he said. “There’s a reason, forgive my French, but there’s a reason he calls his island Fuck You Island.”

   2021, Gabrielle Bluestone, “Fyre in the Hole”, in Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, Con Artists and Influencers Are Taking Over the Internet – and Why We’re Following, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 251

   Synonyms: pardon my French