<< zut de flute >> ?
@candle Ah, sorry - it doesn't SAY anything, it's a very polite "fucking hell" essentially.
"zut" means "damn", "heck"... and "flûte" is used as an euphemism *for that*.
"zut de flûte" is a nice & polite way to express frustration, disappointment or whatever - but without any actual bad word. :<
@candle Bonus: in a Spirou album, when the old Count of Champignac is intoxicated by a bad experiment, he goes rogue and wanders his village in his dressing gown & slippers, assaulting villagers and literally setting up a bomb...
... and telling them ZUT, HAHAHA. Because he's evil, but he's still the Count. %D https://witches.town/media/fZjJlIoJWVW_kQKMhkc