Laissez-le mariner
For comfort and emphasis famous French cat, Pompon, poses on an oven mitt to illustrate another great French colloquialism, laissez-le mariner. Let him stew in his own juice.Vocabulary
mariner: to marinate
laisser mariner: in cookery, leave to marinate; figuratively, leave to stew in one's own juice
une manique: an oven glove or mitt
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