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24 heures sur 24 adverbe | 24/7◼◼◼(abbreviation of twenty-four seven) |
[colloquial] courir sur le haricot verbe | act up(to misbehave, cause trouble) |
[coloquial] courir sur le haricot verbe | give someone the shits(vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) |
[Europe] but-sur-balles intentionnel nom {m} | intentional walk((baseball)) |
[Quebec] base-sur-balles intentionnel nom {m} | intentional walk((baseball)) |
[sur un sofa or sur un canapé] s'allonger verbe | couch [couched, couching, couches](lie down (on a couch)) |
[verb] n’avoir que la peau sur les os nom | skin and bones(emaciated; very skinny) |
alerte sur résultats nom {f} | profit warning(an announcement by a company that its profits are likely to be less than expected) |
aller sur le pré verbe | affront [affronted, affronting, affronts](to meet or encounter face to face) |
apitoiement sur soi-même nom {m} | self-pity◼◼◼(feeling of pity for oneself) |
appesentir sur quelque chose verbe | expatiate [expatiated, expatiating, expatiates](to write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion, to descant) |
appuyer sur le champignon verbe | step on it◼◼◼(to drive fast) |
artillerie lourde sur voie ferrée nom {f} | railway gun◼◼◼(large mobile artillery gun on railway) |
attestation sur l'honneur nom {f} | affidavit [affidavits]◼◼◼(legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement) |
autobus sur rails nom {f} | railcar [railcars](self-propelled railway vehicle similar to a bus) |
avance sur salaire nom {f} | payday loan◼◼◼(loan) |
avoir du pain sur la planche verbe | |
avoir du sang sur les mains verbe | have blood on one's hands(be responsible for a violent act) |
avoir la tête sur les épaules verbe | have one's head screwed onverb |
avoir le cœur sur la main (to have a heart of gold) nom | heart of gold◼◼◼(kindheartedness) |
avoir les pieds sur terre nom | feet on the ground◼◼◼(translations for "have one's feet on the ground") |
avoir sur la conscience preposition | on one's conscience◼◼◼preposition |
bandeau [sur les yeux] nom {m} | blindfold◼◼◼(a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes) |
bâtir des plans sur la comète verbe | build castles in the air(to have any desire, idea, or plan unlikely to be realized) |
Brandebourg-sur-la-Havel nom propre | Brandenburg◼◼◼(city in the United States) |
but-sur-balles nom {m} | walk [walks]◼◼◼(baseball: instance of walking a batter) |
camper sur ses positions verbe | stick to one's guns(to maintain one's viewpoint when faced with opposition) |
Canada: taxe sur les produits et services nom {f} | goods and services tax◼◼◼(tax very similar to the value added tax) |
casser du sucre sur le dos de verbe | maul [mauled, mauling, mauls](to criticise rudely) |
cerise sur le gâteau (cherry on the cake) nom {f} | icing on the cake◼◼◼(something that intensifies the appreciation of something else) |
chargeur sur pneus nom {m} | loader [loaders]◼◼◼(tractor with a scoop) |
chargeuse sur pneus nom {f} | loader [loaders]◼◼◼(tractor with a scoop) |
cinq sur cinq adverbe | loud and clear◼◼◼(in a clear and easily understandable manner) |
cinq sur cinq interjection | roger◼◼◻(received) |
comme sur des roulettes (like on wheels) adverbe | swimmingly◼◼◼(in a very favourable manner) |
comme un cheveu sur la soupe (like a hair in the soup) preposition | out of the blue◼◼◼(unexpectedly) |
compter sur les doigts d'une main verbe | |
confession sur l'oreiller nom {f} | pillow talk◼◼◼(conversation shared by bedmates) |
confidence sur l'oreiller nom {f} | pillow talk◼◼◼(conversation shared by bedmates) |
Congis-sur-Thérouanne nom propre {m} | Congis-sur-Thérouanne◼◼◼(a village in Seine-et-Marne, France) |