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les chichis

fuss, unnecessary formality

→ chichi
noun · plural masculine Rare #52,077
fuss, unnecessary formality Usually used in the expression faire des chichis, meaning “to make a fuss.”
FR: Ne fais pas de chichis, entre !
EN: Don't fuss, come in!

Faites pas de chichis.

Don't make a fuss.

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Elle me fait des chichis, je rêve !

She's giving me the runaround, I must be dreaming!

— Mommy (2014)

Pas de chichis.

No fuss.

— Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)

Nous ne faisons pas de chichis.

We don't stand on ceremony.