tambour battant

== French == === Alternative forms === tambours battants === Etymology === Literally, “beating [the] drum”, with the positioning of the present participle after its complement which was frequent in Old French (the modern French equivalent would be battant tambour). Compare chemin faisant, Belle au bois dormant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɑ̃.buʁ ba.tɑ̃/ === Adverb === tambour battant (figuratively) eagerly (figuratively) promptly, briskly, energetically Synonym: rondement mener une affaire tambour battant, mener une affaire rondement ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Usage notes ==== Chiefly used with the verb mener. === See also === avec tambour et trompette === References ===