Originally posted by Machiavelli:
No. In French we say"coup de foudre" which would be the literal translation and it happens more often than you think. Puzo didn't invent anyhing in that novel. He's just a tremendous story teller and did a lot of research. That's why he was able to combine facts and fiction so well.
Well, Makaveli, Puzo INVENTED one of the most popular American quotes made by an Italian....
"A Lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than 100 men with guns"
Did anybody use the Thunderbolt coup de fore slang BEFORE 1969?