Bourgeois
Les officiers étaient en bourgeois (or, en civil) = The officers were in plain clothes, in mufti.
Elle fait une bonne cuisine bourgeoise = She is a good plain cook.
Je prends mes repas dans une pension bourgeoise = I board at a private boarding-house.
*Selon ta bourse gouverne ta bouche = Cut your coat according to your cloth.
[“Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse;
Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.”
Benjamin Franklin.]
Faire bon marché de sa bourse = To say a thing has cost less than it has.
Obtenir une bourse au lycée = To gain an exhibition (or, scholarship) at a public school.