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Internationally used French phrases
English has borrowed thousands and thousands of French terms in the course of the las thousand years. The greatest part of them were assimilated, while a few, mainly specific expressions or idioms, were preserved in their original form. Here is a list of some 420 French phrases used in modern English.
épater le bourgeois or épater les bourgeois [F] foreign term : to shock the middle classes.
http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/French/Vocabulary/French-In...

Példák:

Another way to épater les bourgeois is to expose the twisted soul lurking just below happy-looking, suburban America.
http://dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=665

Pretty much contextless and utterly disquieting, this scenario kicks off the galvanic Buñuel–Salvador Dali short, a self-described “passionate appeal to murder,” which continues to inspire épater-le-bourgeois types and freak out film students.
http://www.premiere.com/best/2246/the-25-most-shocking-momen...

Indeed, shock was what The Rite of Spring was all about: shocking events in the scenario, shocking actions in the choreography, shocking sounds from the pit. It was the classic épater les bourgeois work of art. The bourgeois were suitably astonished, then oh so proud of themselves later for having survived.
http://www.daytonphilharmonic.com/content.jsp?articleId=1104