Expression: Robe des champs
Pronunciation: [ruhb day sha(n)]
Meaning: unpeeled (potatoes)
Literal translation: field dress, dress from the fields
Register: normal
Notes: The French expression en robe des champs is such a poetic way to describe unpeeled potatoes - I can't think of anything that even comes close in American English. "Jacket potatoes" in British English is cute, but not as lovely as en robe des champs. A more prosaic synonym is dans leur peau (in their skin).
Example:
Nous mangeons des pommes de terre cuites au four en robe des champs.
We're eating baked potatoes / jacket potatoes.
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