Idiom of the day :- Bete noire

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Something or someone one hates / detests A : Gardening never stops; every day something has to be done — weeding, pruning, digging, planting … B : Yes, I can see you work really hard; the garden looks beautiful. A : Actually gardening is my bete noire so I never do any. I pay my gardener, Mr. Rake, to do it all for me ! This expression literally means black beast in French. The plural form in English is bete noires.