être plus royaliste que le roi

== French == === Etymology === Literally, “to be more royalist than the king”. From François-René de Chateaubriand, De la Monarchie selon la Charte, Paris, 1816, LXXXI. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ.tʁə ply ʁwa.ja.lis.t(ə) kə lə ʁwa/ ~ /e.tʁə ply ʁwa.ja.lis.t(ə) kə lə ʁwa/ === Verb === être plus royaliste que le roi to be more Catholic than the Pope; to make more effort to defend someone's interests than they make themselves ==== Conjugation ==== see être ==== See also ==== être plus catholique que le pape