Angličtina | Francúzština |
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leave someone hanging verb | |
leave someone holding the bag (leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame) verb | faire porter le chapeau (lit.verbe wearing the hat)verbe |
leave someone in the lurch (to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation) verb | planterverbe planter làverbe |
let someone down gently (reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt) verb | refuser gentimentverbe |
let someone go (to dismiss someone) verb | |
lick someone's boots verb | lécher les bottesverbe |
make someone's blood boil (cause a person to feel angry) verb | [colloquial] pomper le dardverbe [colloquial] prendre le chouverbe [informal] beurrer la raieverbe [vulgar] casser les couillesverbe agacerverbe exaspérerverbe |
make someone's blood run cold (cause a person to feel fear) verb | [colloquial] foutre les chocottesverbe [colloquial] foutre les jetonsverbe faire peurverbe glacer le sangverbe |
make someone's day (make someone happy) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk ˈsəˌm.wənz deɪ] [US: ˈmeɪk ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈdeɪ] | |
mop the floor with someone (trounce or defeat thoroughly) verb | écraserverbe |
none of someone's business (matter that someone is not entitled to be involved in) noun | |
owe someone one (be indebted to someone) verb [UK: əʊ ˈsʌm.wʌn wʌn] [US: ˈoʊ ˈsʌˌm.wən wʌn] | à charge de revancheverbe devoir une fière chandelleverbe en devoir uneverbe renvoyer l'ascenseurverbe |
pay back in someone's own coin (give tit for tat) verb | |
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (do someone's difficult work) verb [UK: pʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈpʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪər] | |
pull someone's leg (to tease someone) verb | faire marcherverbe mener en bateauverbe |
pull the wool over someone's eyes (to deceive someone) verb [UK: pʊl ðə wʊl ˈəʊv.ə(r) ˈsəˌm.wənz aɪz] [US: ˈpʊl ðə ˈwʊl ˈoʊv.r̩ ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈaɪz] | |
push someone's buttons verb | taper sur le systèmeverbe |
put oneself in someone's shoes (look at a situation as if one were the other person) verb | se mettre à la placeverbe |
put someone in their place (to humble or rebuke) verb | remettre à sa placeverbe |
put words in someone's mouth (say or imply that someone has said a thing) verb | |
putty in someone's hands (a person easily manipulated) noun | marionnettenom {f} |
rain on someone's parade (to disappoint or discourage someone) verb | doucher l'enthousiasme deverbe jouer les rabat-joieverbe |
raise someone's hackles verb | foutre en rogneverbe |