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∎ Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël!;∎ to make merry s'amuser;∎ proverb the more the merrier plus on est de fous, plus on rit∎ the merry month of May le joli mois de mai;∎ Literature the merry men Robin des Bois et ses joyeux compères;∎ humorous the Minister and his merry men le ministre et son état-major;∎ Merry England l'Angleterre du bon vieux temps∎ the weather is playing merry hell with the rail timetables le mauvais temps a complètement chamboulé l'horaire des trains;∎ familiar my back is giving me merry hell mon dos me fait souffrir le martyre;∎ British to lead sb a merry dance (exasperate) donner du fil à retordre à qn; (deceive) faire marcher qn; (in romantic context) mener qn en bateau►► the Merry Monarch = surnom du roi Charles II -
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merry [ˈmerɪ]1. adjectivea. ( = cheerful) joyeux2. compounds* * *['merɪ]1) ( happy) joyeux/-euse, gai2) (colloq) ( tipsy) éméché3) (arch) ou hum (also merrie)••the more the merrier! — Prov plus on est de fous, plus on rit Prov
to give somebody merry hell — (colloq) passer un bon savon à quelqu'un (colloq)
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1 ( happy) joyeux/-euse, gai ; merry Christmas! joyeux Noël! ;2 ○ ( tipsy) éméché ;3 ‡( also merrie) (pleasant, delightful) merry England l'Angleterre d'autrefois ; the merry month of May le joli mois de mai ; Robin Hood and his merry men Robin des Bois et ses joyeux compagnons.the more the merrier! Prov plus on est de fous, plus on rit Prov ; to make merry s'amuser ; to give sb merry hell ○ passer un bon savon à qn ○.
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