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1 bois
n. m.1. Etre dans ses bois: To live in unfurnished digs (literally, as the alternative être dans ses meubles further suggests, to have rented accommodation furnished with one's own items).2. Etre du bois dont onfait des flûtes: To be easy-going, to be the amenable type.3. Vous allez voir de quel bois je me chauffe! You'll see what stuff I'm made of! (The expression is usually uttered in anger.)4. Casser du bois: To crash land. (The expression obviously originates from the days when aeroplanes had wooden frames.)5. Etre dans les bois (Football): To be in goal, to act as goalkeeper.6. Chèque en bois: 'Rubber cheque' (the kind that is returned to the payee by his bank as invalid).7. 'Croix de bois, croix de fer, si je meursje vais en enfer!' 'Cross my heart and hope to die' (if what I say is untrue!). -
2 flûte
I.n. f.1. Small French loaf (also: ficelle).2. 'Prick', 'cock', penis.3. (pl.): 'Sticks', 'gambs', legs. Se manier les flûtes: To 'skedaddle', to 'scram', to run away (also: jouer des flûtes).4. Ne pas être du bois dont on fait les flûtes: To 'have a mind of one's own', to be strong-willed. Je ne suis pas du bois dont onfait les flûtes, moi! You won't get round me that easily!II.interj. Bother! — Dash! — Darnation! Flûte, alors! Strewth! (The French and English are equally twee.)
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