succès de scandale
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
succès de scandale /sʊkˌseɪ də skɒnˈdɑːl/
▶noun (pl. same) a success due to notoriety or a thing's scandalous nature.
– origin Fr., lit. ‘success of scandal’.
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