The French expression “pour des prunes” translates literally to “for plumbs”.
English meanings:
- for nothing
French meanings:
- pour rien – for nothing
Example sentence:
- On a travaillé toute la journée mais on n’a rien accompli. C’était pour des prunes. We worked all day long but didn’t get anything done. It was all for nothing.
Synonym:
- pour du beurre – Lit: for butter, for nothing
- pour des pinottes – Lit: for peanuts (French-Canadian expression for peanuts).
Related expression:
- compter pour du beurre – to count for nothing, to be chopped liver
