French President gives awkward compliment to Turnbull and wife

French President Emmanuel Macron mixed up his English at a press conference with Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

He wanted to thank his host, the Australian prime minister.

Turning to Malcolm Turnbull,  Macron's usually excellent English failed him for a moment, as he extended his gratitude to Turnbull saying  " thank you and your delicious wife".

In French, the word can be used about tasty food, but also to mean "lovely" or "delightful"

Macron has been in Australia on a diplomatic trip, discussing weighty issues like climate change and defence.

According to the BBC, recordings of the exchange quickly confirmed that Macron had referred to Mrs Lucy Hughes Turnbull, recipient of the order of Australia and chief of the Greater Sydney Commission, as "delicious".

[Source: bbc.com]