“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 come up empty
- to draw a blank
- to hit a brick wall.
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 monthes and they came up empty.
