oups bedeutet auf Englisch
| Französisch | Englisch |
|---|---|
| oups interjection | oops◼◼◼(acknowledging a minor mistake) uh-oh◼◻◻(exclamation) |
| coups et blessures nom | battery [batteries]◼◼◼(legal: act of unlawful violence) |
| d'une pierre deux coups nom | two birds with one stone◼◼◼(two things by one action) |
| faire d'une pierre deux coups (to use a stone for two hits) verbe | kill two birds with one stone◼◼◼(solve two problems at once) |
| fusil à deux coups nom {m} | double-barrelled shotgun(type of shot-firing gun) |
| il faut savoir hurler avec les loups [one must know how to howl with wolves] phrase | if you can't beat them, join them(if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side) |
| les loups peuvent perdre leurs dents phrase | the fox may grow grey but never good(one cannot change one's own nature) the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature(one cannot change one's own nature) |
| meute de loups nom {f} | wolfpack◼◼◼(group of wild wolves, see also: pack) |
| par à-coups preposition | in fits and starts◼◼◼preposition |
| par à-coups adverbe | jerkily(In a jerky manner.) |
| retenir ses coups verbe | pull punches(to avoid using all one's strength when punching) |
| rouer de coups verbe | pummel [pummelled, pummelling, pummels]◼◼◼(To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) lambaste [lambasted, lambasting, lambastes](to give a thrashing to) |
| tous les coups sont permis phrase | all's fair in love and war◼◼◼(unpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict) |
| à-coups nom {m pl} | fits and starts◼◼◼(intermittent activity) |
