Canada· easy· informal
brasser la cage
“to shake the cage”
Meaning
To shake someone out of their complacency
Explanation
It's about giving someone a jolt, a provocation designed to wake them up or push them into changing their ways.
Example
Le patron a décidé de brasser la cage après une année de résultats décevants.
The boss decided to shake things up after a year of disappointing results.
Origin
It's a calque of the English 'rattle someone's cage', carried over into Quebec French with the same figurative jolt.
Where
Quebec
Source
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