ALLER (familiar), à Bougival, in literary men’s parlance, _is to write a newspaper article of no interest for the general public_; ---- à la cour des aides _is said of a married woman who has one or more lovers_; ---- au pot, _to pick up dominoes from those which remain after the proper number has been distributed to the players_; ---- au safran, _to spend freely one’s capital_, an allusion to the colour of gold; ---- en Belgique _is said of a cashier who bolts with the cash-box, or of a financier who makes off with the money of his clients_; ---- se faire fiche, _to go to the deuce_; ---- se faire foutre _has the same meaning, but refers to a rather more forcible invitation yet_; ---- se faire lanlaire, _to go to the deuce_. Allez vous faire fiche, or foutre! _go to the deuce_, or “you be hanged!” Je lui ai dit d’---- se faire lanlaire, _I sent him about his business_. Aller son petit bonhomme de chemin, _to do anything without any hurry, without heeding interruptions or hindrances_. On avait beau lui crier d’arrêter, il allait toujours son petit bonhomme de chemin. (Familiar and popular) Y aller, _to begin anything_. Allons-y! _let us begin! let us open the ball! now for business_. Y aller de quelque chose, _to contribute_; _to pay_; _to furnish_. Y ---- de son argent, _to pay_, “to stump up.” Y ---- d’une, de deux, _to pay for one or two bottles of liquor_. Y ---- de sa larme, _to shed a tear_, _to show emotion_. Y ---- gaiment, _to do anything willingly, briskly_. Allons y gaiment! _let us look alive!_ (Popular) Aller à la chasse avec un fusil de toile, _to go a begging_, “to cadge.” An allusion to a beggar’s canvas wallet. Compare this with the origin of the word “to beg,” which is derived from “bag;” ---- à l’arche, _to fetch money_; ---- à niort, _to deny_, a play on the words “Niort,” name of a town, and “nier,” to deny; ---- à ses affaires, _to ease oneself_, “to go to Mrs. Jones’;” ---- au persil _is said of street-walkers who ply their trade_. This expression may have its origin in the practice sometimes followed by this class of women of carrying a small basket as if going to the fruiterer’s; ---- au trot _is said of a prostitute walking the street in grand attire_, or “full fig;” ---- au vice, _to make one’s resort of places where immorality is rife_; ---- voir défiler les dragons, _to go without dinner_. The English have the expressions, “to dine out,” used by the lower classes, and “to dine with Duke Humphrey,” by the middle and upper. According to the _Slang Dictionary_ the reason of the latter saying is as follows: “Some visitors were inspecting the abbey where the remains of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, lie, and one of them was unfortunately shut in, and remained there _solus_ while his companions were feasting at a neighbouring hostelry. He was afterwards said to have dined with Duke Humphrey, and the saying eventually passed into a proverb.” Aller aux pruneaux _is said of the victim of a practical joke played in hospitals