buffet

/boo-FEH/
[French] plural buffets

A large sideboard, a Welsh dresser, with drawers, cupboards and shelves in which all the accoutrements for the table, silverware, plates, table linen and so on are stored. In France there is an expression "Danser devant le buffet". This translates as "To dance in front of the buffet" and indicates that someone is really hungry but that there is no food.

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