Friday phrase: bête noire

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bête noire, n. \ˌbet-ˈnwär, ˌbāt-\, pl. bêtes noires

1. : a person or thing strongly detested or avoided : bugbear


Examples

 a politician who is the bête noire of liberal groups

doing my own tax return is the bête noire that haunts me every April>

Etymology

French, literally, black beast


First Known Use: 1828