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).
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.
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