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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Beer aux Mouches

or Beer aux corneilles. To stand gaping in the air (at the flies or the rooks). Béer, Old French for bayer, to gape.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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