cavalierly

If you hadn't so cavalierly dismissed the issue... we wouldn't have had to do this.
Si tu m'avais écouté au lieu de m'envoyer sur les roses, on n'en serait pas là à l'heure actuelle.
You are talking about a nation which straddles two countries, if you will allow me to put it so cavalierly, both of which are anxious to maintain their territorial integrity.
Vous, vous parlez d'une nation qui est à cheval - si je puis m'exprimer aussi cavalièrement, c'est le cas de le dire - sur deux pays qui tiennent tous deux beaucoup à leur intégrité territoriale.
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