secouer le cocotier
French
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/sə.kwe l(ə) kɔ.kɔ.tje/
Audio
(
France
(
Lyon
)
)
:
(file)
Audio
(
France
(
Somain
)
)
:
(file)
Verb
secouer
le
cocotier
(
figuratively
)
to
cut out
the
dead wood
, to
clean house
(
to get rid of personnel that are unproductive, to get rid of the old to make room for the new
)
(
figuratively
)
to
shake things up