Definition: health (drinking to someone's health)

In Switzerland, we often have the unfortunate habit of overusing expressions such as "cheers!", "to your health!", "to yours!" or "chin-chin!" several times, with each new wine, during a meal. This is a mistake that should be avoided. Cheers! is only said once among guests, for example, during the aperitif, and is not repeated at the beginning of the meal.

"À ta santé" (to your health), and for the pleasure of the assonance "À la tienne, Étienne, on se dit tu" (to yours, Étienne, we're on first-name terms), we kiss each other and the party begins. These are well-known Vaudois expressions!