Francia | Angol |
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repose-pied nom {m} | footstool [footstools]◼◼◻(a low stool) |
sauter à cloche-pied verbe | hop [hopped, hopping, hops]◼◼◼(jump a short distance) |
se lever du pied gauche verbe | get up on the wrong side of the bed(to feel irritable without a particular reason) |
se prendre les pieds (dans) verbe | trip [tripped, tripping, trips]◼◼◼(fall over or stumble over an object) |
se prendre les pieds dans le tapis verbe | put one's foot in one's mouth(say or do something embarrassing or wrong) |
se tirer une balle dans le pied verbe | burn one's fingers(harm oneself) shoot oneself in the foot(to act against one's own interest) |
se tirer une balle dans le pied (to shoot oneself in the foot) [verb] phrase | like turkeys voting for Christmas(of an action: self-defeating or serving to bring about a situation detrimental to the person performing the action) |
six pieds sous terre adjectif | six feet under◼◼◼adjective |
sous les pieds adverbe | underfoot◼◼◼(under one's feet) |
sur la pointe des pieds preposition | on tiptoe◼◼◼(moving carefully) |
sur le même pied preposition | on an equal footing◼◼◼preposition |
sur le pied de guerre preposition | on the warpath◼◼◼(very angry or upset) |
sur un pied d'égalité preposition | on an equal footing◼◼◼preposition on equal terms◼◼◻(on equal footing) |
taper du pied verbe | stamp [stamped, stamping, stamps]◼◼◼(to step quickly and heavily) |
taper (du pied) verbe | stamp [stamped, stamping, stamps]◼◼◼(to move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily) |
traîner les pieds verbe | shuffle [shuffled, shuffling, shuffles]◼◼◼(to walk without picking up one's feet) drag one's feet(procrastinate) |
trépied nom {m} | tripod [tripods]◼◼◼(a three-legged stand or mount) trivet◼◻◻(stand with three short legs) |
va-nu-pieds nom {m} nom {f} | tramp [tramps]◼◼◼(homeless person) |
voter avec ses pieds verbe | vote with one's feet(to express one's preferences through one's actions) |