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1 Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty [‚wɔ:ltə'mɪtɪ]∎ to lead a Walter Mitty existence vivre dans un monde imaginaire;∎ a Walter Mitty character un rêveurⓘ Walter Mitty Il s'agit d'une allusion au personnage principal du roman de l'écrivain américain James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947). Ce personnage, homme tout à fait ordinaire mais doté d'une imagination très vive, essaie continuellement d'échapper à sa vie monotone en s'imaginant être le héros de toutes sortes d'aventures, au point de vivre davantage dans un monde imaginaire que dans la réalité. On évoque son nom pour désigner toute personne au caractère rêveur qui essaie de compenser la monotonie de la vie quotidienne par son imagination.Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > Walter Mitty
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walter mitty — A Walter Mitty character is an unexceptional person who is prone to daydreaming of personal triumphs … The small dictionary of idiomes
Walter Mitty — Infobox character colour = #DEDEE2 name = Walter Mitty caption = Danny Kaye as Walter Mitty first = The Secret Life of Walter Mitty The New Yorker , March 18, 1939 last = cause = nickname = The Old Man (in one fantasy) alias = species = gender =… … Wikipedia
Walter Mitty — Walter Mittyish. pl. Walter Mittys. an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self aggrandizing daydreams or secret plans as a way of glamorizing a humdrum life. [from the title character of James Thurber s short story The Secret… … Universalium
Walter Mitty — Wal′ter Mit′ty [[t]ˈwɔl tər[/t]] n. pl. Walter Mit•tys cvb an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self aggrandizing daydreams • Etymology: from the title character of James Thurber s short story “The Secret Life of Walter… … From formal English to slang
walter mitty — n. Walter Mitty, fictional character in a story by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs; ordinary person who fantasizes that he is an extraordinary or heroic person … English contemporary dictionary
Walter Mitty — noun fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character … Useful english dictionary
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty — For the 1947 film, see The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (film). The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Author James Thurber Country United States Language English Genre(s) … Wikipedia
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (film) — Infobox Film name = The Secret Life of Walter Mitty image size = caption = DVD cover director = Norman Z. McLeod producer = Samuel Goldwyn writer = Ken Englund Everett Freeman Philip Rapp James Thurber narrator = starring = Danny Kaye Virginia… … Wikipedia
Mitty — Mit|ty, Wal|ter the main character in a story by James Thurber called The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1932). He has a very ordinary life, but spends a lot of time imagining that he is a brave and important person living a dangerous and exciting… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Mitty — may refer to: Archbishop Mitty High School, a high school in San Jose, California John Joseph Mitty, fourth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Walter Mitty, a fictional character in James Thurber s short story The Secret Life of… … Wikipedia
Walter — masc. proper name, from O.N.Fr. Waltier (O.Fr. Gautier), of Germanic origin; Cf. O.H.G. Walthari, Walthere, lit. ruler of the army, from waltan to rule (see WIELD (Cf. wield)) + hari host, army (see HARRY (Cf. harry)). Walter Mitty (1939) is from … Etymology dictionary
