Engelska | Franska |
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make a big thing out of (to make a fuss about) verb | |
make a mountain out of a molehill (to treat a problem as greater than it is) verb | faire une montagne d'une taupinière (to make a mountain out of a molehill)◼◼◼verbe faire tout un fromage de (to make an entire cheese out of)verbe faire une montagne d'une souris (to make an mountain out of a mouse)verbe se noyer dans un verre d'eau (to drown in a glass of water)verbe |
pull out of one's ass (fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence) verb | sucer de son pouceverbe |
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] | |
put out of one's misery (informal: to euthanize) verb | |
run out of steam (to run out of energy or motivation) verb | être à bout de souffle◼◼◼verbe marquer le pasverbe |
take out of context (to report out of context) verb | décontextualiser◼◼◼verbe |
take the words out of someone's mouth verb | arracher les mots de la boucheverbe |
talk out of turn (speak when not allowed to) verb |