(as) big as your fist

eine fáústdicke Lüge — a whopper (inf), a whopping (great) lie (inf)

das ist fáústdick gelogen — that's a whopping lie (inf), that's a whopper (inf)

er hat es fáústdick hinter den Ohren — he's a sly or crafty one (inf)

fáústdick auftragen — to lay it on thick (inf)

eine faustdicke Lüge — (fig.) a bare-faced lie

er hat es faustdick hinter den Ohren — (ugs.) he's a crafty or sly one

eine faustdicke Lüge — (fig.) a bare-faced lie

er hat es faustdick hinter den Ohren — (ugs.) he's a crafty or sly one

être pieds et poings liés — lit to be bound hand and foot; fig to have one's hands tied

(halt die) Schnáúze! — shut your gob (Brit inf) or trap! (inf)

auf die Schnáúze fallen (lit) — to fall flat on one's face; (fig auch) to come a cropper (Brit inf)

jdm die Schnáúze einschlagen or polieren — to smash sb's face in (sl)

die Schnáúze (von jdm/etw) (gestrichen) voll haben — to be fed up (to the back teeth) (with sb/sth) (inf)

eine große Schnáúze haben — to have a big mouth, to be a bigmouth (inf)

etw frei nach Schnáúze machen — to do sth any old (Brit) or ole (US) how (inf)

jemandem in die Schnauze hauen — smack somebody in the gob (sl.)

die Schnauze voll haben — (salopp) be fed up to the back teeth (coll.)

eine große Schnauze haben — shoot one's mouth off (sl.)

[halt die] Schnauze! — shut your trap! (sl.)

frei [nach] Schnauze, nach Schnauze — (salopp) as one thinks fit; as the mood takes one

jemandem in die Schnauze hauen — smack somebody in the gob (sl.)

die Schnauze voll haben — (salopp) be fed up to the back teeth (coll.)

eine große Schnauze haben — shoot one's mouth off (sl.)

[halt die] Schnauze! — shut your trap! (sl.)

frei [nach] Schnauze, nach Schnauze — (salopp) as one thinks fit; as the mood takes one

d'un coup de hache — [couper, tuer] with a single blow from an axe GB ou ax US

à coups de hache — [couper, tuer] with an axe GB ou ax US

donner un coup de quelque chose à quelqu'un — gén to hit ou strike somebody with something

prendre un coup — [personne, voiture] to get a knock

en avoir pris un coup — (colloq) fig ( être très abîmé) to have taken (quite) a punishing

rendre coup pour coup — lit to fight back; fig to give tit for tat

en venir aux coups — to come to blows ( pour over)

les trois coups — Théâtre three knocks signalling [BrE] that the curtain is about to rise

porter un coup (sévère) à — to deal [somebody/something] a (severe) blow [personne, organisation]

en cas de coup dur — ( accident) should anything really bad happen; ( difficulté) if things get rough

ça m'a donné un (sacré) coup — (colloq) it gave me an awful shock

sur le coup de dix heures — (colloq) around ten

se donner un (petit) coup de brosse/peigne — to give one's hair a (quick) brush/comb GB, to brush/comb one's hair (quickly)

tous les coups sont permis — lit, fig no holds barred

blesser quelqu'un d'un coup de fusil or pistolet — to shoot and wound somebody

tuer quelqu'un d'un coup de fusil or pistolet — to shoot somebody dead

monter un coup — to plan a job (colloq)

coup monté! — set-up! (colloq)

mettre quelqu'un dans le coup — to cut somebody in on the deal (colloq)

être sur un gros coup — to be onto something big (colloq)

il a raté son coup — (colloq) he blew it (colloq)

être dans le coup — ( impliqué) to be in on it; ( au courant) to be up to date, to know what's going on

tu n'es plus dans le coup! — fig you're behind the times!

être/rester hors du coup — ( non impliqué) to have/to keep one's nose clean (colloq)

du premier coup — ( immédiatement) straight off; ( à la première tentative) at the first attempt

(encore) un coup pour rien — no go again (colloq)

du coup — (colloq) as a result

du même coup — (colloq) by the same token

pour le coup — (colloq) this time

en un seul coup — in one go (colloq)

sur le coup — ( à ce moment-là) at the time; ( immédiatement) instantly, on the spot

donne-moi encore un petit coup de gin — give me another shot (colloq) of gin

tenir le coup — ( résister à l'épreuve) [personne] to make it (colloq); [véhicule, chaussures] to last out; [lien, réparation] to hold; ( ne pas abandonner) [personne] to hold on; [armée] to hold out; ( faire face) to cope

en mettre un coup — (colloq) to give it all one's got (colloq)

être aux cent coups — (colloq) to be worried sick (colloq), to be in a state (colloq)

faire les quatre cents coups — (colloq) to be up to no good

attraper le coup pour faire quelque chose — (colloq) to get the knack of doing something; pierre

porter un coup fatal à qch fig — to deal a death blow to sth

un coup de poignard dans le dos fig — a stab in the back

tuer qn à coups de fusil — to shoot sb dead (with a rifle)

tué à coups de fusil — shot dead (with a rifle)

tuer qn à coups de revolver — to shoot sb dead (with a handgun)

blessé à coups de revolver — shot and wounded (with a handgun)

réussir son coup — to pull it off *

d'un seul coup (= subitement) — suddenly, (= à la fois) at one go

être dans le coup (= à la page) — to be with it

quítame esas manazas de encima! — take your filthy hands o big mitts off me! (colloq)

quítame esas manazas de encima! — take your filthy hands o big mitts off me! (colloq)

no puedo cerrar esta maleta — I can't close o shut this suitcase

cierra los ojos — close o shut your eyes

cerró el libro de golpe — she banged o slammed the book shut

• cerré la puerta con llave — I locked the door

• cierra el pico — * shut your trap **

• cerrar el puño — to clench one's fist

• cerrar el paso a algn — to block sb's way

trató de entrar, pero le cerraron el paso — he tried to get in, but they blocked o barred his way

cerrar el sistema — (Inform) to shut down the system

los manifestantes que cerraban la marcha — the demonstrators bringing up the rear o at the rear

la puerta cierra mal — the door won't close o shut properly

cierra, que se va a escapar el gato — close o shut the door or the cat will get out

¿a qué hora cierran las tiendas el sábado? — what time do the shops close o shut on Saturday?

cerrar con o contra algn — to grapple with sb

han cerrado el plazo de inscripción — enrollment has closed o finished

cierra, que hace frío — close o shut the door (o window etc), it's cold

la ventana no cierra bien — the window doesn't close o shut properly

se cerró en su actitud — he dug his heels in

cerrarse a algo: sería cerrarse a la evidencia it would be turning our back on the evidence; se cierran a todo cambio — they're not open to change

han cerrado el plazo de inscripción — enrollment has closed o finished

cierra, que hace frío — close o shut the door (o window etc), it's cold

la ventana no cierra bien — the window doesn't close o shut properly

se cerró en su actitud — he dug his heels in

cerrarse a algo: sería cerrarse a la evidencia it would be turning our back on the evidence; se cierran a todo cambio — they're not open to change

Ex: The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.