poisson d'avril

Etymology
lit. 'April fish'. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. From the practical joke played on, of pinning a fish to the back of a person.

Noun

 * 1) April fool an April Fool's Day joke
 * 2) * 1843, Théodore de Jolimont, "Monologie du mois d'avril", in L'Art en Provence, vol. 7, section IV (unnumbered page).
 * "fr"

- Ces poissons d'avril qui font grincer les dents, maugréer et maudire, et que dame Justice n'épargne guère aux incorrigibles plaideurs;


 * 1) April fool a person subjected to an April Fool's Day joke
 * 2) paper fish pinned to someone's back as a traditional April Fool's Day joke