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81 laisser
v. trans. En prendre et en laisser: To 'take it all with a pinch of salt', to retain a healthy dose of scepticism about something. -
82 main
n. f.1. Avoir la main heureuse: To 'have a knack with things', to be lucky by nature.2. Avoir la main baladeuse: To 'have wandering hands', to have a tendency to 'paw'.3. Avoir un poil dans la main: To be an 'idle git', to be a lazy so-and-so.4. Etre en main (of prostitute): To be with a client.5. Se faire la main: To 'try one's hand at something', to practise.6. Ça fait ma main! It suits me to a T! — That's fine by me!a To make a swoop for, to 'pinch', to steal.b To give a woman a sly stroke on the behind.8. Se prendre en main (joc.): To 'pull one's wire', to masturbate.9. Se prendre par la main: To pluck up courage, to act in a confident manner.10. Ne pas y aller de main morte: To 'make no bones about something', to be ruthlessly frank and aggressive.11. Passer la main dans le dos à quelqu'un: To 'butter up', to flatter someone. Il aime bien se passer la main dans le dos: He likes to pat himself on the back.12. Avoir un enfant de la main gauche: To have an illegitimate child.13. Ne pas se moucher de la main gauche (iron.): To 'fancy oneself', to have no mean opinion of oneself.14. C'est du cousu main: It's done to a turn—It's perfectly done.15. Passer la main:a To 'give in', to let someone else handle things.b To 'let things ride', to be amenable.16. La main de ma sœur dans la culotte d'un zouave: This jocular catch phrase has no specific meaning, but implies that whatever has been said or done is highly ridiculous. -
83 mal
I.n. m.1. Avoir (also: se donner) un mal de chien: To have the devil of a job. Elle se donne un mal de chien pour élever ses enfants: She sweats her guts out to bring up her kids.2. Avoir mal aux cheveux'. To 'have a hangover', to feel the after-effects of a drinking bout.3. Etre guéri du mal de dents (iron.): To be 'out of one's misery', to be dead.4. En avoir mal au ventre: To feel sick at the thought of something.5. Un pantalon à la mal au ventre: Old-fashioned trousers with frontal pockets.II.adv.1. La foutre mai. To 'look bad', to give a bad impression. Vraiment, tu la fous mal toujours en pullover: You really let the side down, always wearing baggy pullovers.2. Ça va mal, non?! (iron.): Are you alright?! — You must be joking!3. Tu vas mal, toi! You're going it a bit strong! —You're exaggerating!4. Tu me fais mal, toi! You give me the pip! — You make me sick!5. Se trouver mal sur quelque chose (joc.): To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal something. -
84 mettre
I.v. trans.2. To 'lay', to fuck, to have coition with. (This rather pejorative acceptation of the verb becomes even more so in the passive where it seems to refer exclusively to anal intercourse, The expression se faire mettre is more often than not found with a figurative meaning: to get conned, to be had.)3. Mettre quelqu'un dedans: To 'pull a fast one' on someone, to con someone.4. To inflict something very painful on someone (lit. & fig.): Qu'est-ce qu'il lui m a mis! She didn't half cop it!6. Y mettre du sien:a To 'put one's shoulder to the wheel', to put some personal effort into something.b To 'meet someone halfway', to show the willingness and ability to be conciliatory.7. Y meltre les doigts: To have 'sticky fingers', to pinch, to steal.8. Mettre à disposition (pol.): To haul someone in front of a magistrate.9. Ote-toi de là que je m'y metle! (Jocular and ironic catch phrase): Move over! — Buzz off!10. Mettons que (also: Mettez que): Let's say that¼Mettons que tu l'épouses, ça ne va pas résoudre le problème: Getting married to her won't solve your problem.II.v. trans. reflex.1. Se mettre avec quelqu'un: To 'shack up with someone', to start cohabiting.2. Se mettre bien:a To 'dress to the nincs', to put one's best clothes on.b To 'do oneself proud', to deny oneself nothing.a To 'stuff oneself to the gills', to eat voraciously.b To get one's fill (of any pleasurable activity). -
85 patte
n. f.1. 'Pin', 'gamb', leg. Aller à pattes: To 'hoof it', to have to walk. Aux pattes! (Let's) scram! Ne pas être solide sur ses pattes: To be unsteady on one's pins. Tirer la patte: To limp.2. En avoir plein les pattes: To be 'all-in', to feel worn-out.3. Ça ne casse pas quatre pattes à un canard! (joc. & iron.): It's no great shakes! — I don't rate it very highly!4. Lever la patte (of man):a To have a 'slash', to urinate (literally to cock a leg).b To get a 'leg-over', to 'screw', to have coition.5. Marcher sur trois pattes (of conventional motor car): To fire on only three cylinders. (An offspring of the above literal meaning, the figurative describes a venture or undertaking that is not running smoothly.)6. Traîner la patte: To 'come the old soldier' (literally to exaggerate a limp in order to get compassion).a To 'put a spoke in someone's wheel', to hamper someone's progress.b To 'stab someone in the back', to speak ill of someone.8. Etre fait aux pattes (also: se faire faire aux pattes): To get 'nabbed', to be 'collared', to get arrested.9. 'Mitt', 'paw', hand. Arriver les pattes vides: To come empty-handed. Bas les pattes! (Woman's retort): Stop pawing! — Keep your hands to yourself!10. Faire patte de velours (fig.): To 'draw in one's claws', to be extra gentle with someone.11. Faire ( des) pattes d'araignée à quelqu'un: To 'goose', to caress lightly with nails and fingertips.12. Faire des pattes de mouche: To write in a spidery script.13. Graisser la patte à quelqu'un: To 'grease someone's palm', to bribe someone.14. Faire quelque chose aux pattes: To 'lift', to 'pinch' something.15. Avoir le coup de patte: To 'have the knack', to be skilful at something.16. Pattes de lapin (Hairstyle): Short sideboards.17. Feet (without colloquial overtones). Retomber sur ses pattes:a To 'fall on one's feet', to come off better than one might have expected.b To 'get offscot-free', to escape ill-fate or retribution, sometimes through good fortune, but more often than not through connivance.18. Se fourrer dans les pattes de quelqu'un: To disturb someone (literally to get in someone's way).19. Mettre une affaire sur pattes: To start up a business, to get an enterprise under way.20 Avoir des pattes d'oie: To have 'crow's feet', 'laugh-lines', to have wrinkles around the eyes. -
86 petite
n. f.1. Mettre en petite:a To 'swipe', to 'pinch', to steal petty items. Devant un étalage, elle pouvait pas résister de mettre des trucs, des machins en petite: Shoplifting was like a craving with her; in front of a stall temptation would prove too strong.b To 'salt away', to put money aside for a rainy day.2. One-gramme 'fix' of heroin; the standard expression where drugaddicts are concerned is prendre une petite. -
87 pincée
n. f. Une pincée (of money): A fair amount, a sizeable sum. (The word has jocular and ironic connotations in that, in formal French, it means 'a mere pinch'. Il s'est fait une sacrée pincée dans le trafic des devises: He made a packet in currency rackets.) -
88 piquer
I.v. trans.1. To 'jab', to inject. (The verb is only really encountered with this meaning when it refers to the 'putting to sleep' of a pet dog or cat. Elle a dû faire piquer son chien: She had to have her dog put down.)2. To stab, to knife.3. To 'cop', to catch (a disease). Il a piqué une chtouille maison! He caught a right dose of clap!4. Piquer une sale note (sch.): To get a rotten mark. (In schools and colleges, the verb piquer with reference to an assessment can sometimes have a positive connotation as with piquer un quinze sur vingt: To get a first-class mark.)a To 'skedaddle', to 'make tracks', to run away.b (fig.): To be off and away when something unpleasant has occurred.6. En piquer un: To 'have a kip', to 'take some shuteye', to steal a few minutes for a snooze (also: piquer un roupillon).7. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. Elle m'a piqué tout mon fric. She filched all my dough.8. To 'nab', to 'collar', to arrest. A ce train-là, on va se faire piquer par les cognes! If we keep this up, the fuzz'll do us!9. Piquer le dix (Prison slang): To pace up and down a cell like a bear in a cage.II.v. intrans. Piquer à quelque chose:a To 'get the hang of something', to understand the workings of something.b To get 'hooked' on, to have a compulsive liking for something.III.v. trans. reflex.1. (Drugs): To 'mainline', to inject intravenously.2. Se piquer le nez: To 'get pickled', to get drunk. (The expression reflects the habitual nature of the act whereby the subject is well on the road to dipsomania.) -
89 prendre
v. trans.1. To 'cop it', to 'catch it', to get told off in no uncertain manner. Qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre! You're (in) for it! — You'll get the roasting of your life!2. Ça ne prend pas avec moi! I'm not falling for that one! — That trick won't work with me!3. Qu'est-ce qui te prend? What's eating you?— What's the matter?4. J'en prends et j'en laisse! I take it all with a pinch of salt! Il faut en prendre et en laisser! You can't believe all you hear! -
90 raboter
v. trans. To 'pinch' from someone, to steal something from someone. Chaque vendredi elle me rabote ma paie! Come payday she nicks the lot from me! -
91 ratiboiser
v. trans. & intrans.1. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. Elle lui a ratiboisé son larfeuii. She lifted his wallet. Ratiboiser sur les notes de frais: To do a fiddle on the old expense accounts.2. Se faire ratiboiser (Gambling slang): To get 'cleaned out', to lose all one's money at the tables. -
92 ratisser
v. trans.1. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal.a To 'be done', to get 'conned', to be swindled.b To be arrested during a ratissage. -
93 riper
I.v. trans.1. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. On lui a ripé son larfeuii. Someone lifted his wallet.2. (Gambling slang): To 'clean out', to relieve a punter of all his money (usually by card-sharp methods).3. Etre bon à riper la lune (of person): To be bloody useless, to be good for nothing.II.v. intrans.1. To 'buzz off', to move away niftily.2. Allez, ripe! Go piss up a rope! — Get lost! -
94 roustir
v. trans.1. To 'con', to 'diddle', to swindle.2. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. -
95 secouer
I.v. trans.1. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. Il m'a secoué mes sèches! He whipped my fags!2. To 'give someone a dressing-down', to tell someone off in no uncertain manner. Après sa dernière connerie, il s'est drôlement fait secouer le paletot! After that last bloomer of his, he got the rocket he deserved!II.v. trans. reflex.1. To 'snap out of it', to 'pull oneself together', to shake oneself out of a state of lethargy or depression.2. To 'get a move on', to snap out of a state of idleness. -
96 souffler
I.v. trans.1. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. Encore une bonne idée qu'on s'est fait souffler! That's another bright idea we got whipped from under our noses!2. Souffler le mirliton: To 'give a blow-job', to perform fellatio.II.v. intrans. Laisse-moi souffler! Give us a breather! — Give me some respite! -
97 soulager
I.v. trans.1. To bring someone to a sexual climax.2. Soulager quelqu'un de quelque chose (joc.): To 'lift' something, to pinch something from someone (literally to relieve him of the burden of ownership).II.v. trans. reflex. To 'answer a call of Nature', to go to the W.C. Il s'est soulagé contre un arbre: He had a slash. -
98 soulever
v. trans. To 'lift', to 'pinch', to steal. Elle m'a soulevé mon crapaud! She pinched my wallet! -
99 souvenance
n. f. En avoir souvenance ( slightly joc. & iron.): To remember something 'at a pinch'. (The rather archaic expression j'en ai souvenance can be equated with Maurice Chevalier's refrain 'I remember it well!' in the song of that name.) -
100 sucrer
I.v. trans.1. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. (The emphasis is not so much on theft per se as on the taking away of something the owner feels entitled to. Il m'a sucré ma place sur la plage! He pinched that nice spot I'd got myself on the beach!)2. To 'nab', to 'collar', to arrest. (With this meaning the verb is usually found in the passive. Il s'est fait sucrer par la Maison Pouleman à cent mètres de laprison: He only managed to get a hundred yards from the prison before being nicked by the fuzz.)3. To 'duffup', to 'rough up', to beat. (The implication where this meaning is concerned is that the beating is inflicted by a member of the police force.)4. Sucrer un texte (th.): To use the (editorial) blue pencil, to 'cut up' a text, to perpetrate some edits. (The implication in this instance is that the cuts are unjustified and 'rob' the text.)5. Sucrer les fraises: To 'have the shakes', to suffer from violent trembling (through age, illness or fear).II.v. trans. reflex.1. To take the lion's share of something. (Because it usually relates to ill-gotten gains, the act can be seen as a double misappropriation.)2. Se sucrer la gaufre: To powder one's face. (The image here is of powder applied to a face like icing sugar to a waffle.)
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