to trust like Artaban|to trust like Artaban

To trust as Artaban is synonymous with pride pushed to the extreme, even of arrogance.

Artaban was:

• the name given to various kings Parthes (dynasty of the Arsacides).

• the name of a hero of the novel " Cléopâtre" , written by Gautier of Calprenède.

Legendary pride of the first, and that romantic of the second would have been born this expression.

Benefitting from a close phonetics, the humorist Coluche, transformed this expression into to trust like a bar . One finds also alternatives such as to trust like a p' tit bench or to make like the white appâr . The purpose of these diversions are to make smile while bringing to an expression Absurde or private of direction.