Après nous le déluge - wikipedia Après nous le déluge `` Après nous, le déluge '' ( `` After us, the flood '' ) is a French expression, attributed to Madame de Pompadour, the lover of King Louis XV of France. An alternative form, attributed to Louis himself, is `` Après moi, le déluge '' ( `` After me, the flood '' ). The saying came after the Battle of Rossbach in 1757, which was disastrous for the French. The expression has two possible meanings : ' After me, the deluge will come, ' asserting that if the revolution ended his reign, the nation would be plunged into chaos ; or ' After me, let the deluge come, ' implying `` I do n't care what happens after I 'm gone. '' The phrase `` Après moi le déluge '' was adopted as the motto of the Royal Air Force 617 Squadron which carried out the `` Dambuster '' raids on German dams in the Ruhr region on the night of 16 -- 17 May 1943. See also Let them eat cake References ^ Jump up to : Entsiklopedicheskii slovar ( Encyclopedic Dictionary ) ( in Russian ). 1890. p. 930. Jump up ^ `` The Routledge Dictionary of Cultural References in Modern French ''. p. 43. Jump up ^ Laguna, Gabriel ( 13 January 2006 ). `` The Expression ' Après moi le déluge ', and Its Classical Antecedents ''. Tradición Clásica. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Après_nous_le_déluge&oldid = 795338590 '' Categories : French words and phrases 18th century in France Catchphrases Hidden categories : CS1 Russian - language sources ( ru ) Accuracy disputes from March 2016 Use dmy dates from August 2017 Talk About Wikipedia Беларуская Čeština Deutsch Français Italiano 日本 語 Polski Русский Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 13 August 2017, at 16 : 17. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the meaning of apres moi le deluge
Answer: is a French expression