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couille dans le pâté (testicle in the pâté) nom {f} | fly in the ointment(something which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant) |
couille dans le potage (testicle in the soup) [both vulgar] nom {f} | fly in the ointment(something which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant) |
couille molle nom {f} | chickenshit◼◼◼(coward) douchebag(slang: jerk, idiot) |
couille molle nom | poltroon(an ignoble or arrant coward) |
couille molle [colloquial] adjectif | wishy-washy(wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support) |
couilles nom {f pl} | balls◼◼◼(testicles) balls◼◼◼(bravery) bollocks◼◼◻(testicles) cojones◼◻◻((slang) courage) cojones◼◻◻((slang) testicles) |
crypto-verrouilleur nom {m} | cryptovirus(malware) |
cuisses de grenouilles nom {f pl} | frog legs◼◼◼(hind legs of frog as food) |
débarbouillette nom {f} | washing mittnoun |
décider / agir / ... au doigt mouillé verbe | fly by the seat of one's pants(to improvise a course of action) |
dépouille nom {f} | remains [remains]◼◼◼(what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse) pelt◼◻◻(skin of an animal with the hair or wool on) booty(plunder) |
dépouillé adjectif | deprived◼◼◼(subject to deprivation) unadorned◼◻◻(Having no additional decoration) |
dépouille nom {m} | rake [rakes]◼◻◻(rake angle, see also: ) |
dépouiller verbe {m} | strip [stripped, stripping, strips]◼◼◼(to take away, to plunder) |
dépouiller verbe | skin [skinned, skinning, skins]◼◼◻(to remove the skin of) fleece [fleeced, fleecing, fleeces]◼◻◻(to con or trick someone out of money) scrutinize [scrutinized, scrutinizing, scrutinizes]◼◻◻(to audit accounts) strip down◼◻◻(to remove inessentials from) |
dépouilles nom {f pl} | spoil [spoils]◼◼◼(plunder taken from an enemy or victim) |
dépouilles opimes nom {f pl} | spolia opimanoun |
dérouiller verbe | brush up◼◼◼(to improve a rusty or underdeveloped skill) |
déverrouillé adjectif | unlocked◼◼◼(not secured by a lock) |
déverrouiller verbe | unlock [unlocked, unlocking, unlocks]◼◼◼(give access to something) unlock [unlocked, unlocking, unlocks]◼◼◼(to undo or open a lock) unbolt◼◻◻(unlock by undoing bolts) |
douille nom {f} | shell [shells]◼◼◼(casing of an artillery projectile) brass [brasses]◼◼◻(spent shell casings) |
douille nom | socket [sockets]◼◼◼(mechanical opening) |
douiller verbe | shell [shelled, shelling, shells]◼◼◼(informal: to disburse or give up money, to pay) |
douillet adjectif {m} | cosy [cosier, cosiest]◼◼◼(affording comfort and warmth) |
douillet adjectif | snug [snugger, snuggest]◼◼◻(comfortable; cosy, cozy) cushy [cushier, cushiest]◼◼◻(comfortable, often in a way that will suit a person’s body, see also: ergonomic) |