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121 fuseaux
n. m. pl.1. 'Pegs', 'gambs', legs. Se manier les fuseaux: To 'skedaddle', to hurry off.2. 'Drainpipes', tight-fitting trousers.3. Skiing trousers. -
122 large
I.n. m.1. Prendre le large: To 'make oneself scarce', to 'vamoose', to clear off.2. Gagner le large: To 'get out of harm's way', to steer clear of trouble.3. Donner du large à quelqu'un: To 'give someone a wide berth', to carefully avoid someone.II.adj.1. L'avoir large: To have 'the luck of the devil', to be extremely fortunate.2. Ne pas être large du dos: To be 'tight-fisted', to be mean.III.adv. Ne pas en mener large: To feel deflated and down-in-the-mouth, to be crestfallen. -
123 malade
adj.1. Etre malade du pouce (iron.): To be 'tight-fisted', 'stingy', to be mean.2. Non mais, tu es malade?! Are you out of your tiny little mind?! — You must be joking! -
124 morlingue
n. m.1. Purse.2. Wallet. Etre constipé du morlingue (also: avoir des oursins dans le morlingue): To be 'tight-fisted', to be 'stingy', to be mean. (Originally, morlingue referred exclusively to a purse, but with demonetization and the passing of time, paper money has come into its own and ousted the heavy gold coin in favour of the banknote.) -
125 nickelé
adj. Avoir les pieds nickelés:a To be a 'jammy bugger', to have the luck of the devil. (The Pieds-Nickelés, the creation of the humorous cartoonist Louis Forton, are three happy-go-lucky characters who boomerang from rags to riches and back to rags in every episode. Their ability to fall back on their feet and laugh at adversity was and is their trademark as their hilarious cartoon capers are forever being revived.)b To sit tight, to refuse to budge. (This expression is often used in a work context when referring to an obstreperous employee.) -
126 œuf
n. m.1. 'Pill', 'pillock', fool. Faire l'œuf: To arse about. Cesse de faire l'œuf! Stop mucking about!2. Aux œufs: 'A-1', 'champion', firstclass. Comme boulot, c'est aux œufs! That's what I'd call a plum job!3. Casser son œuf: To have a miscarriage.4. Avoir des œufs sur le plat: To have 'poached-egg-on-toast boobs', to have an insignificant bust.a (lit.): To walk carefully (because of pain).b (fig.): To tread warily.6. Sortir de l'œuf: To be 'as green as they come', to be totally lacking experience (where life is concerned).7. Etouffer quelque chose dans l'œuf: To 'nip something in the bud', to abort an enterprise or rumour in its early stages.8. Etre chauve comme un œuf: To be as bald as a coot.9. 'I'ondre des œufs: To be a 'skinflint', to be as mean as they come.10. Qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf: Once a thief, always a thief!11. Aller se faire cuire un œuf: To 'get knotted', to go to blazes. Va te faire cuire un oeuf! Get stuffed! (The expression aller se faire cuire un œuf, because of its very nature, is quite interjection-loaded.)12. Plein comme un œuf: 'As tight as a tick', as drunk as a lord.13. L'avoir dans l'œuf: To have been 'conned', 'diddled', to have been swindled.14. (pl.): 'Nuts', 'balls', testicles.15. Œuf corse! (joc.): Absoballylutely! — Of course! -
127 oursin
n. m. Avoir des oursins dans le morlingue: To be 'tight-fisted', to be mean. (The literal meaning is 'to have sea-urchins in one's purse', hence the reluctance to dip into it.) -
128 pépètes
n. f. pl. Des pépètes: 'Mazuma', 'lolly', money. Il est plutôt regardant, côté pépètes! He's a tight bastard with money!
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tight — [tīt] adj. [ME, altered (prob. infl. by toght: see TAUT) < thight < OE thight, strong, akin to ON thēttr, Ger dicht, tight, thick < IE base * tenk , to thicken, congeal > MIr tēcht, coagulated] 1. Obs. dense 2. so close or compact in… … English World dictionary
Tight — Tight, a. [Compar. {Tighter} (t[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Tightest}.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]ttr, Dan. t[ae]t, Sw. t[ a]t: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tight — 1 Tight, taut, tense are comparable chiefly in their basic senses in which they mean drawn or stretched to the point where there is no looseness or slackness. Tight implies a drawing around or about something in a way that constricts or binds it… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
tight — tight; tight·en; tight·en·er; tight·ish; tight·ly; tight·ness; un·tight; air·tight·ness; gas·tight·ness; oil·tight·ness; up·tight·ness; wa·ter·tight·ness; weath·er·tight·ness; … English syllables
tight — tight, tightly Tight is used as an adverb in combination with a number of verbs, primarily in commands or instructions: hold tight, sit tight, sleep tight. It also occurs as the first element in a few compound adjectives, e.g. tight fisted, tight … Modern English usage
tight — (adj.) mid 15c., dense, close, compact, from M.E. thight, from O.N. þettr watertight, close in texture, solid, from P.Gmc. *thenkhtuz (Cf. second element in O.E. meteþiht stout from eating; M.H.G. dihte dense, thick, Ger. dicht dense, tight,… … Etymology dictionary
tight — ► ADJECTIVE 1) fixed, closed, or fastened firmly. 2) (of clothes) close fitting. 3) well sealed against something such as water or air. 4) (of a rope, fabric, or surface) stretched so as to leave no slack. 5) (of an area or space) allowing little … English terms dictionary
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tight´en|er — tight|en «TY tuhn», transitive verb. to make tight or tighter: »He tightened his belt. –v.i. to become tight or tighter: »The rope tightened as I pulled on it. –tight´en|er, noun … Useful english dictionary