phrase/a.pʁɛ mwa l(ə) de.lyʒ/
Used to indicate indifference to events that will happen after one’s death, or to indicate one’s own importance in maintaining order; after us the deluge
“Les sociétés qui ont de trop grands besoins s'absorbent dans le présent, elles lui sacrifient les conquêtes du passé et lui immolent l'avenir. Après nous le déluge!” — When society has too great needs, it is absorbed with the present, sacrifices to it the conquests of the past, immolates to it the future. After us the deluge!
Literally, “after me, the deluge”. Attributed to French King Louis XV or his mistress Madame de Pompadour. Sometimes quoted as après nous le déluge (“after us, the deluge”).