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Are we gonna keep "chercher la femme" or use what is generally used in English, "cherchez la femme", since it's a policeman or some such talking, and telling someone else to do it.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I just googled both of them "cherchez" has 220,000 hits and "chercher" has 116,000.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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When things are milling along brilliantlycherchez l'homme, when the personal plot veers toward tragedy, cherchez l'homme, encore.
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The most significant of the journeys undertaken because a man served as the catalyst for the exodus, which made that wry French motto: cherchez l'homme, infinitely applicable.
Leaf 2010
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The former challenge was "cherchez la femme" -- pronounced, if you prefer, to rhyme with "dumb" -- but only losers hit on fellow workers in games whose rules lead to a zero sum because of laws that act like Muslim burkhas.
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There's a bit of sizzling sex, a little pot smoking, and a lot of cherchez la femme and paramour du jour hilarity, especially for boomers willing to laugh at themselves and their foibles.
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The French are right when they say "cherchez la femme"; women are the key to opening all secret doors.
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To understand Iranian politics, cherchez les femmes: the fate of Iranian women sheds light on the eccentricity of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad.
Jihadis and whores Edstock 2009
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In all the cherchez - la-femme commentary about the governor\'s behavior and motives, there\'s one angle that\'s been overlooked.
Mary Battiata: Mark Sanford and the Argentine Therapy Angle 2009
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In all the cherchez - la-femme commentary about the governor's behavior and motives, there's one angle that's been overlooked.
Mary Battiata: Mark Sanford and the Argentine Therapy Angle 2009
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