“Faire chou blanc” is a French expression that translates literally to “to make a white cabbage”. The meaning of this idiom is impossible to guess and has the following translations in English:
- to fail
- to come up empty-handed
- to get no results
French-to-French definitions include:
- ne pas réussir son coup to fail at one’s try
- ne rien gagner to win nothing
sample sentence:
- Les policiers ont fait une enquête qui a duré des mois et ils ont fait chou blanc. The police carried out an investigation that lasted for months and they came up empty-handed.
