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bœuf musqué nom {m} | musk ox◼◼◼(Arctic mammal) |
bœuf Stroganov nom {m} | stroganoff◼◼◼(dish of sautéed pieces of beef) |
bœufs [oxen] [Canada] nom {m pl} | cops◼◼◼(law enforcement) |
charette à bœufs nom {f} | oxcart(cart drawn by ox) |
chasse aux œufs nom {f} | Easter egg hunt◼◼◼(activity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found) |
coquille d'œuf nom {f} | eggshell [eggshells]◼◼◼(object) |
coquille d’œuf nom {m} | eggshell [eggshells]◼◼◼(colour) |
crâne d'œuf nom {m} | egghead [eggheads]◼◼◼(pejorative: bald person) |
crâne d’œuf nom {m} | baldy [baldies](slang for someone who is bald) |
cuillère à œuf nom {f} | egg spoon(spoon used for eating a boiled egg from a hole made in the shell) |
étouffer dans l'œuf verbe | nip in the bud◼◼◼(to prevent at an early stage) |
faire un bœuf verbe | jam [jammed, jamming, jams]◼◼◼(music: to improvise as a group) |
filet de bœuf nom | tenderloin steak(Any of several steaks cut from the tenderest part of the loin of beef) |
graisse de rognon (de bœuf) nom {f} | suet◼◼◼(fat) |
héron garde-bœufs nom {m} | cattle egret◼◼◼noun |
Héron garde-bœufs nom {f} | western cattle egret◼◼◼(Bubulcus ibis) |
il ne faut pas mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier phrase | don't put all your eggs in one basket(do not dedicate all your resources to one project) |
jaune d’œuf nom {m} | yolk [yolks]◼◼◼(yellow of egg) |
marcher sur des œufs verbe | walk on eggshells◼◼◼(to act carefully to avoid upsetting someone) go to great lengths(make a major effort) |
mettre la charrue avant les bœufs verbe | put the cart before the horse◼◼◼(to put things in the wrong order) get ahead of oneself(to focus excessively on prospective future events) |
mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier verbe | put all one's eggs in one basket(to rely on a single source) |
nerf de bœuf nom {m} | pizzle(baton made from the penis of an ox, once used to beat men and animals) |
on ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des œufs [one doesn't make an omelette without breaking eggs] phrase | you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
on ne saurait faire d'omelette sans casser des œufs phrase | you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
palette à z-œufs [Louisiana] nom {f} | egg whisk(kitchen utensil, see also: whisk) |
paradoxe de l’œuf et de la poule nom {m} | chicken-or-egg question(a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) |
plein comme un œuf adjectif | drunk as a skunkadjective |
pondre un œuf verbe | lay an egg◼◼◼(to produce an egg) |
poule aux œufs d'or nom {f} | golden goose◼◼◼(something that generates much profit) gravy train(occupation that generates considerable income with little or less effort) |
queue de bœuf nom {f} | oxtail [oxtails]◼◼◼(meat from the tail of a cow) |
sortir de l'œuf verbe | hatch [hatched, hatching, hatches]◼◼◼(to emerge from an egg) |
suer comme un bœuf verbe | sweat like a pig◼◼◼(sweat profusely) |
tué dans l'œuf adjectif | hacking(short and interrupted, broken, jerky) |
tuer dans l'œuf verbe | nip in the bud◼◼◼(to prevent at an early stage) |
tuer la poule aux œufs d'or verbe | kill the goose that lays the golden eggs◼◼◼(to seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit) |
œil-de-bœuf nom {m} | oculus [oculi](circular window or opening) |