Alternative form of pour le meilleur et pour le pire

for better or for worse

(simile, transitive) to watch like a hawk, to keep a close watch on, to keep a close eye on

(informal) pride comes before a fall

(Louisiana, Cajun, St. Mary Parish) to be dying

Alternative spelling of qui fait le malin tombe dans le ravin

(figuratively) to be well-connected, to have influential connections or a large network of acquaintances, to be influential

to slip the anchor

silence is golden; a closed mouth catches no flies

(euphemistic, idiomatic) to snuff it, to kick the bucket (to die)