"Bastette" wrote in message
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Christina Websell wrote:

He is now braver and he can fight his own battles, but a black cat is
his
bete noire

LITERALLY! ;-) ("bete noire" = "black beast")

But what does it mean figuratively? The fight one can't resist?

I thought "bete" meant "stupid". Although I guess I can see where it
might mean both stupid and beast, even though I don't agree that beasts
are stupid.

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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%AAte_noire
explains it perfectly.

Tweed