return to one's muttons

verb

To get back to the business at hand.

“H. R. Haweis I willingly return to my muttons.”

OriginFrench revenons à nos moutons →
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Meanings

verbreturn to one’s muttons (third-person singular simple present returns to one's muttons, present participle returning to one's muttons, simple past and past participle returned to one's muttons)

present singular third person returns to one's muttons · participle present returning to one's muttons · participle past returned to one's muttons · past returned to one's muttons

  1. datedidiomaticTo get back to the business at hand.

    H. R. Haweis I willingly return to my muttons.

Origin

  1. Frenchrevenons à nos moutons
  2. Englishreturn to one's muttons

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

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MLA

“return to one's muttons.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/return%20to%20one's%20muttons. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “return to one's muttons,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/return%20to%20one's%20muttons.

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