It's a slightly old fashioned phrase, but one that has been liberally scattered around the French press this week to describe the late president. Elles étaient l’une des passions de Jacques Chirac, grand coureur de jupons." Le Point publishes an AFP report on Jacques Chirac the "coureur de jupons" = skirt chaser. Jacques Chirac, according to the French press, was something of a coureur de jupons. Photo: AFPFor more French words and expressions, check out our French word of the Day section.

Source: The Local October 01, 2019 09:11 UTC