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1 panier
n. m.1. (Auctioneers' and junk-dealers' slang): 'Bundle', job-lot.2. 'Botty', 'bum', woman's behind. Elle a un gentil petit panier! She's got a smashing little sit-me-down! Mettre la main au panier. To put one's hand up a skirt. (The expression panier à crottes, although totally devoid of charm, refers generally to a woman's behind.) Secouer (also: faire sauter) le panier à crottes: To have a dance.3. Panier percé: 'Hole-in-the-pocket' character, spendthrift person.4. Faire sauter l'anse du panier (iron.): To 'fiddle accounts', to divert funds. (Originally, as the expression suggests, the fiddle was one involving pennies rather than pounds and operated by light-fingered maids.)5. Faire le panier à deux anses: To go for a 'loving-cup' walk, to have a woman on each arm.6. Le dessus du panier (of person or object): The 'cream of the cream', the 'pick of the bunch', the very best.7. Panier de crabes: 'Hornets' nest', situation loaded with aggro and partisan feelings where it would be dangerous to take a hand.8. Panier à salade: 'Black-Maria', police van used to ferry prisoners and suspects.9. Mettre dans le même panier: To 'tar with the same brush', to consider people or items to be of equally low standing or value.10. Con comme un panier: Bloody stupid. (The Yorkshire/Lancashire 'daft as a brush' is no equivalent as it is jocular and non-pejorative.)11. Coucouche panier!a (joc.): Off to bed!b (joc. & iron.): Down, Rover! (This expression is often used by women to over- enthusiastic suitors.) -
2 lune
lune [lyn]feminine nounfeminine noun( = astre) moon* * *lynnom féminin moonPhrasal Verbs:••être dans la lune — (colloq) to have one's head in the clouds
demander la lune — (colloq) to cry for the moon
promettre la lune — (colloq) to promise the earth ou the moon
* * *lyn nfêtre dans la lune (= distrait) — to have one's head in the clouds
* * *lune nf2 ( mois) month; sept lunes seven months; cela fait des lunes que je ne les ai pas vus I haven't seen them for months and months.lune de miel honeymoon; lune rousse ≈ April moon.avoir une face de lune to be moon-faced; être dans la lune to have one's head in the clouds; avoir l'air de tomber de la lune to look blank; demander la lune to cry for the moon; promettre la lune to promise the earth ou the moon; décrocher la lune to do the impossible; voir la lune en plein soleil◑ to have a clear view of sb's arse◑ GB ou ass◑ US.[lyn] nom féminin1. ASTRONOMIE moonpleine/nouvelle lune full/new moondemander ou vouloir la lune to ask for the moon2. (familier) [fesses] behind————————lunes nom féminin pluriel[durée] moons -
3 balai
n. m.1. Last bus or train to run before the nightly closedown.2. 'Meat-wagon', hearse.3. Voiture balai (Racing cyclists' slang): Ambulance whose job it is to pick up the stragglers too exhausted to finish the race.4. Donner un coup de balai (fig.): To have a good clear-out.5. Du balai! Hop it! — Get lost! — Go away!6. Rôtir le balai: To lead a fast and furious life.7. Con comme un balai: 'Daft as a brush', silly and stupid. -
4 crêpe
n. f.1. Flat cap (also: gapette).2. 'Nincompoop', 'burk', fool. C'est le roi des crêpes! He's really as daft as a brush.3. Faire la crêpe (of motor car): To 'flip over', to end up on its roof.
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daft as a brush — (UK) Someone who is daft as a brush is rather stupid … The small dictionary of idiomes
daft as a brush — (as) daft as a brush see ↑daft • • • Main Entry: ↑brush (as) daft as a brush : very silly or somewhat crazy The professor is perfectly nice but she s daft as a brush. • • • Main Entry: ↑daft * * * … Useful english dictionary
daft as a brush — (UK) Someone who s daft as a brush s rather stupd. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Daft as a brush — (UK) Someone who is daft as a brush is rather stupid … Dictionary of English idioms
as daft as a brush — (as) daft as a brush see ↑daft • • • Main Entry: ↑brush (as) daft as a brush : very silly or somewhat crazy The professor is perfectly nice but she s daft as a brush. • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
be as daft as a brush — British, informal if someone is as daft as a brush, they behave in a very silly way. I remember him as a kid and he was as daft as a brush then … New idioms dictionary
daft as a brush — adjective Describes someone who is known to do and say silly things … Wiktionary
daft as a brush — Phrs. Very silly, crazy. Mainly Northern use … English slang and colloquialisms
daft as a brush — Very silly … A concise dictionary of English slang
daft — [da:ft US dæft] adj especially BrE [: Old English; Origin: gedAfte gentle ] 1.) silly ▪ a daft idea ▪ Me, jealous? Don t be daft (=that is a silly idea) . ▪ She s as daft as a brush (=extremely silly) . 2.) be daft about sth to be extremely… … Dictionary of contemporary English
daft */ — UK [dɑːft] / US [dæft] adjective Word forms daft : adjective daft comparative dafter superlative daftest informal 1) silly and not sensible or reasonable I think it s a daft idea. don t be daft: Don t be daft – of course I won t forget you. be… … English dictionary