Bougre de phénomène de moule à gaufres de tonnerre de Brest ! : Ten thousand thundering typhoons!
This is a quotation from Captain Haddock in the Tintin book "The Red Sea Sharks", by Hergé. The literal meaning of the words in the sentence is not important: it is simply an exclamation which combines words somewhat randomly!
… Bachi-bouzouk… carcopithèque… !…
un moule à gaufres : a waffle iron
- "Bougre de phénomène de moule à gaufres de tonnerre de Brest !"
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