pay a visit to the lavatory
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Locution verbale
[modifier le wikicode]pay a visit to the lavatory (to)
- (Familier) Aller aux toilettes.
We had the radio on and we did some P.T. to try and get warm, and then I had to pay a visit to the communal lavatory on the floor below—a very sobering experience.
— (Lynne Reid Banks, The Backward Shadow, page 159. Random House, 2011.)
Synonymes
[modifier le wikicode]Aller aux toilettes :
- go to the bathroom
- go to the restroom
- go to the toilet
- go to the washroom
- go upstairs
- pay a visit (par abréviation et par euphémisme)
- retire