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"Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche ", [1] said to have been spoken in the 18th century by "a great princess" upon being told that the peasants had no bread. The French phrase mentions brioche, a bread enriched with butter and eggs, considered a luxury food. The quote is taken to ...
The phrase "let them eat cake" is misattributed to Marie Antoinette. Marie Antoinette did not say " let them eat cake " when she heard that the French peasantry were starving due to a shortage of bread.
Let them eat cake" is a translation of the French "qu'ils mangent de la brioche", typically (though probably erroneously) attributed to Marie Antoinette. Let them eat cake may also refer to: Let 'Em Eat Cake , a Broadway musical that opened in 1933
Let them eat king cake! Creole cuisine is my love language. It’s beignet too long. There are sweets, but the King takes the cake! Jamming for jambalaya. Nobody puts baby in a king cake!
The social media star, whose real name is Haley Kalil, can be heard lip-syncing to a sound saying, “Let them eat cake” while she shows her over-the-top look at the Met Gala in a May 7 video ...
Seemingly aware of the sour taste that advice may leave in American mouths, host Carl Quintanilla asked the Kellogg’s boss if telling people to eat cereal for dinner could “land the wrong way ...
Let 'Em Eat Cake is a 1933 Broadway musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. [1] A political satire, it tells the story of a fictional American president who fails to get reelected. Inspired by fascism in Europe, he and the former vice president decide to overthrow the ...
"Let's have breakfast" or "I'm having a sandwich". Brian also argues that "You can't eat your cake and have it too" is a more logical variant than "You can't have your cake and eat it too", because the verb-order of "eat-have" makes more sense: once you've eaten your cake, you don't have it anymore. [29]