2005年9月23日 · I thought I read somewhere that the French describe American coffee as being like sock juice (jus de chausettes?). Is this true? I hope so because I think it's a hilarious and apt wording.

2024年6月2日 · Literally, “sock juice”, from being assumed to be like liquid squeezed out of a used sock. jus de chaussette m (uncountable)

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2005年4月9日 · Get the sock juice mug. the delicious nectar made when you squeeze your wet, sweaty, fresh from soccer practice socks. You can drink it, or use it as lube ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Guy 1: Hey, …

2020年12月15日 · Jus de chaussette directly translates as ‘sock juice’ (jus is French for ‘juice’ and de chaussette means ‘of sock’). Jus de chaussette is not however what the French call sweaty, smelly...

2013年4月23日 · PARIS - In the last years of his life, French novelist Marcel Proust mostly fed himself with café au lait. Made by the two best roasters in Paris, Proust’s coffee came from freshly ground beans that were extracted drop by drop according to an unchangeable ritual. Sometimes the verdict would be without mercy: “Celeste, how did you manage?

jus ("juice") + chaussette ("sock") (literally sock juice) From being assumed to be like liquid squeezed out of a used sock Alternative forms. jus de chaussettes; Noun jus de chaussette (masc.) (pl. jus de chaussettes) (food, slang) bad coffee; Synonyms. jus de vaisselle

2019年2月21日 · Le jus in the expression actually refers to le jus de chique (chewing tabacco) or le jus de chausette (sock juice, slang for bad coffee). The course black look of ces jus brings up thoughts of the bad café you’re likely to find in a barracks.

2019年11月8日 · Eating one's socks (Quebec) refers to a feeling of panic when faced with a situation that one cannot control; it causes great apprehension. Drinking sock juice (France) means drinking bad coffee. To have low morale (France) means to be grumpy, to have the blues, to be in a bad mood.

The actual origin of the term comes from jail and army lingo, when cons or soldiers would filter their coffee thru their socks, sometimes leaving an added foot flavor to the brew! Manchester, UK. That would be the most natural translation for me, but "sock juice" is quite self-explanatory too...