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Welcome to French Expressions with Animals. I'm Thomas, your guide to the real phrases that come up in everyday French conversation. Today we look at poser un lapin, an expression that leaves plenty of English speakers staring at their phones in confusion. You set up plans for a date or a quick drink after work. Everything seems fine until the other person never appears. Textbook lessons cover basic greetings and directions, yet they rarely prepare you for the moment someone cancels without a word. That gap turns an ordinary evening into an awkward wait and a search for the right way to describe what happened. Poser un lapin steps in because it captures this point of leaving someone waiting like an abandoned rabbit. The phrase stays casual rather than formal, so it fits between friends but sounds out of place with a new boss. Use it when recounting a no-show among peers. Skip it in profe

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Welcome to French Expressions with Animals. I'm Thomas, your guide to the real phrases that come up in everyday French conversation. Today we look at poser un lapin, an expression that leaves plenty of English speakers staring at their phones in confusion. You set up plans for a date or a quick drink after work. Everything seems fine until the other person never appears. Textbook lessons cover basic greetings and directions, yet they rarely prepare you for the moment someone cancels without a word. That gap turns an ordinary evening into an awkward wait and a search for the right way to describe what happened. Poser un lapin steps in because it captures this point of leaving someone waiting like an abandoned rabbit. The phrase stays casual rather than formal, so it fits between friends but sounds out of place with a new boss. Use it when recounting a no-show among peers. Skip it in profe

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