comme il faut

1. I speak very freely; the time is not for courtesies. She was very quiet and very comme il faut.
   我话说得非常放肆；现在不是讲究礼貌的时候。她平时金口难开，非常讲究社交礼节。
2. It is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money.
   对一位绅士来说，经常向别人要钱是不合适的。
3. Everything must be done comme il faut, an expression that applies equally to getting married and getting drunk, stuffing a duck and filling in a form, addressing an envelope and addressing a teacher.
   但他们却不赞同任何不符合规矩的行为。事事都要合乎规矩，结婚、醉酒如此，填鸭、填表如此，写信封、称呼老师也如此。

adj

1. according with custom or propriety
   1. her becoming modesty
   2. comely behavior
   3. it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
   4. a decent burial
   5. seemly behavior

   Synonym:    becomingcomelydecentdecorousseemly