Elle la jetait mal dans ses fringues rapiécées

v. trans.

1. To 'bounce', to 'chuck out', to kick someone out. Il s'est fait jeter en beauté! He got the heave-ho, no messing!

2. Jeter quelqu'un dedans: To 'drop someone in it', to land someone in trouble.

3. S'en jeter un derrière la cravate: To toss back a drink.

4. Jeter son venin (also: jeter la purée): To 'juice off', to ejaculate.

5. N'en jetez plus, la cour est pleine! (joc. & iron.): Whoa with the compliments! — That's more than enough praise! (This expression is usually directed at someone bestowing lavish praise or compliments. It originates from the world of street-singers who, when times were hard, performed in the backyards of apartment blocks hoping that the flat-dwellers would throw them a few coins. A glut of coins seems an unlikely occurrence!)

6. En jeter. To 'graft', to work hard. Pour en jeter, il en jette, il ne craint pas la besogne, lui! You've got to hand it to him, he's no shirker!

7. La jeter mal: To 'look bad', to give a bad impression. Elle la jetait mal dans ses fringues rapiécées: She certainly looked no fashion model in her stitched-up hand-medowns!

8. Ça, c'est jeté! That's the stuff to give 'em! — That's telling them!