Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Peru

That's not Peru. Said of something utterly worthless. A French expression, fourded on the notion that Peru is the El Dorado of the world.

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