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bon an mal an

/bɔ.n‿ɑ̃ ma.l‿ɑ̃/

adverb/bɔ.n‿ɑ̃ ma.l‿ɑ̃/

year in, year out

1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, p. 298; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland— It was the southern extremity of the Lut desert where year in, year out, half a dozen drivers turn to dust because of a broken axle or a battery dried out by the sun.

Literally, “good year, bad year”

bon an mal an — French Dictionary | Passage