French | English |
---|---|
l'argent ne tombe pas du ciel (money doesn't fall from the sky) phrase | money doesn't grow on trees(you must work in order to have money) |
la foudre ne tombe jamais deux fois au même endroit phrase | |
la pièce est tombée phrase | the penny drops(understanding is reached, one comprehends) |
la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l'arbre phrase | the apple does not fall far from the tree(a child is similar to its parents) |
laisser se détériorer (tomber en ruine) | user à fond (ruiner | rincer) verbe | run into the ground(To wear out, especially through excessive use) |
laisser tomber verbe | drop [dropped, dropping, drops]◼◼◼(to let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on)) down [downed, downing, downs]◼◼◼(to drop) let go◼◼◻(to emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation) ditch [ditched, ditching, ditches]◼◼◻(to abandon) let down◼◼◻(to disappoint) fold [folded, folding, folds]◼◻◻(give way on a point or in an argument) chicken out(shy away from a daring task) |
laisser tomber (quelqu'un) verbe | bilk [bilked, bilking, bilks](defraud, cheat) |
laisser tomber comme une vieille chaussette verbe | |
laissez tomber verbe | forget it◼◼◼(It doesn't matter) |
le franc est tombé phrase | the penny drops(understanding is reached, one comprehends) |
muet comme une tombe adjectif | silent as the grave◼◼◼(to say absolutely nothing) |
outre-tombe nom {m} | afterlife◼◼◼(a conscious existence after death) |
pendant la tombée de la nuit preposition | at dark(during nightfall) |
qui fait le malin tombe dans le ravin phrase | pride comes before a fall(a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure) |
retombée de suie nom {f} | smokefall(soot fallout from a cloud of smoke) |
retombée de suies nom {f} | smokefall(soot fallout from a cloud of smoke) |
retombée radioactive nom | radioactive fallout◼◼◼(material from a radioactive plume) |
retombées nom {f pl} | fallout [fallouts]◼◼◼(event of airborne particles falling to the ground) fallout [fallouts]◼◼◼(negative side effect) fallout [fallouts]◼◼◼noun |
retombées de suie nom {f pl} | smokefall(soot fallout from a cloud of smoke) |
retombées de suies nom {f pl} | smokefall(soot fallout from a cloud of smoke) |
retomber verbe | revert [reverted, reverting, reverts]◼◼◼(to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse) |
retomber sur ses pattes verbe | land on one's feetverb |
se retourner dans sa tombe verbe | turn in one's grave(be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased) |