Francia | Angol |
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avoir le physique de l'emploi verbe | look the part(appear suitable for a particular kind of work) |
avoir le vertige adjectif | dizzy [dizzier, dizziest]◼◼◼(experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) |
avoir les cartes en main verbe | hold the cards◼◼◼(To be in a strong position) |
avoir les mains liées verbe | have one's hands tied(be powerless to act) |
avoir les oreilles qui sifflent phrase | ears are burning◼◼◼phrase |
avoir les pieds sur terre nom | feet on the ground◼◼◼(translations for "have one's feet on the ground") |
avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre verbe | bite off more than one can chew(To try to do too much) have eyes bigger than one's stomach(take more food than one can eat) |
avoir lieu verbe | take place◼◼◼(to happen) occur [occurred, occurring, occurs]◼◼◼(present itself) occur [occurred, occurring, occurs]◼◼◼(take place) |
avoir mal verbe | ache [ached, aching, aches]◼◼◼(be in pain) |
avoir peur verbe | dismay [dismayed, dismaying, dismays]◼◼◼(to take dismay or fright) |
avoir pitié de verbe | pity [pitied, pitying, pities]◼◼◼verb |
avoir plus d'un tour dans son sac nom | string to one's bow(a skill, ability or resource) |
avoir plus d'une corde à son arc nom | string to one's bow(a skill, ability or resource) |
avoir raison verbe | be right◼◼◼(be correct in one's judgement or statement about something) |
avoir raison de verbe | get the better of◼◼◼(to overwhelm or overcome) |
avoir sa place verbe | belong [belonged, belonging, belongs]◼◼◼(have its proper place) |
avoir ses Anglais verbe | come on(to get one's period) |
avoir ses bobettes dans un tapon verbe | get one's knickers in a twist(to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter) |
avoir ses ours verbe | come on(to get one's period) |
avoir ses règles verbe | menstruate [menstruated, menstruating, menstruates]◼◼◼(to undergo menstruation) |
avoir soif verbe | thirst [thirsted, thirsting, thirsts]◼◼◼(to be thirsty) hunger [hungered, hungering, hungers]◼◻◻(desire) |
avoir soif [be thirsty] adjectif | thirsty [thirstier, thirstiest]◼◼◼(needing to drink) |
avoir son mot à dire verbe | have a say◼◼◼(to voice one's opinion) |
avoir son voyage [Quebec] adjectif | fed up(frustrated) |
avoir succès; avoir; s'établir verbe | obtain [obtained, obtaining, obtains]((obsolete in English) to secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached) |
avoir sur la conscience preposition | on one's conscience◼◼◼preposition |
avoir tendance à verbe | tend [tended, tending, tends]◼◼◼(to be probable or likely) |
avoir tort verbe | be wrong◼◼◼(have an incorrect belief, be mistaken) |
avoir tort [to be wrong] adjectif {m} | wrong [worse, worst]◼◼◼(incorrect) |
avoir un accrochage verbe | shunt [shunted, shunting, shunts](to have a minor collision) |
avoir un atout dans sa manche nom {m} | ace up one's sleeve(a surprise of which others are not aware) |
avoir un balai dans le cul nom | stick up one's ass(stiff, uptight or humorless manner) |
avoir un chat dans la gorge [verb] nom | frog in one's throat(hoarseness (idiomatic)) |
avoir un fou rire verbe | laugh one's head off(laugh uproariously) |
avoir un goût verbe | taste [tasted, tasting, tastes]◼◼◼(to have a taste) |
avoir un grain verbe | have a screw loose◼◼◼(to be insane, irrational, or eccentric) |