“There’s no luck involved, and it’s much more empathetic than ‘chin up’. French courage isn’t bravery – it’s more like inner strength or #resilience

https://francetoday.com/culture/how-to-be-parisian-bon-courage

When I worked for a large tech company once, one of the managers bragged about “forgetting all my French” when leaving Canada. “Sacré bleu!” I shouted from the audience. Was it a response to something I had told a manager there?

The French have an expression—“bon courage.” I told it to a manager who seemed nervous about entering a meeting, since wishing him luck didn’t seem a propos

“French lets you express anything your mind can conceive of,” the narrator says, and I am inclined to agree. Though it has a smaller vocabulary, it is less prone to euphemism, and it forces a precise word choice to convey a subtlety that English lacks

https://youtu.be/sGBpJ0QQih4