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Savoir Faire
Savoir Faire
Savoir Faire : Phrases
Meaning:
The instinctive ability to know how to deal with any situation that arises.
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Origin:
The literal translation from the French is 'know how'. It is first seen in English in the writing of that incorrigible coiner of phrase - Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, 1815:
"He had great confidence in his own savoir faire."
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