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1 chou
I.n. m.1. 'Bean', 'bonce', head. Je vois lui rentrer dans le chou! I'm going to knock his block off! En avoir ras le chou: To be 'fed-up to here', to be 'fed-up to the back teeth', to be sick and tired of something. Se creuser le chou: To rack one's brains. Ne rien avoir dans le chou: To have nothing up-top. Ça m'est sorti du chou: I clean forgot! — It slipped my mind! Se monter le chou:a To 'kid oneself', to delude oneself.b To 'get into a lather', to work oneself into a frenzy.2. Feuilles de chou: 'Flappers', 'flaps', ears. Ouvre tes feuilles de chou! Pin back your lug-holes! — Now listen carefully!3. Aller planter ses choux: To opt out and retire from the rat-race.4. Planter un chou (of train): To break down in the middle of nowhere.5. Sauter sur le chou à quelqu'un: To pounce on someone.a To be 'in a fix', to be in a difficult situation. Ton projet, il est dans les choux: That idea of yours is up the spout! Grâce à toi, je suis dans les choux! A fine mess you've got me into!b (Horse racing): To be trailing with the tailenders, to be amongst the last past the post.7. Chou pour chou: Word for word, verbatim. J'ai eu droit à son histoire trois fois, chou pour chou! He inflicted three carbon-copy narrations of the story on me!8. C'est bête comme chou: It's as easy as pie—It couldn't be simpler.9. Faire chou blanc: To 'draw a blank', to be unsuccessful.10. En faire ses choux gras: To 'make a good thing of it', to do well out of something.11. Faites-en des choux raves! You do what you like with it, it's no skin off my nose!12. Mon chou (term of endearment): My lovey-dovey My pet—My darling.II.adj. 'Divine', absolutely marvellous. Son appartement est d'un chou! She's got the most gorgeous little flat!
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knock block off — knock (someone s) block off informal if you say you will knock someone s block off, you mean you will hit them very hard. Say that again and I ll knock your block off! … New idioms dictionary
I'll knock his block off — I’ll knock your/his/etc block off spoken phrase used for threatening to hit someone who has annoyed you Thesaurus: ways of threatening someonesynonym Main entry: block … Useful english dictionary
knock one's block off — {v. phr.}, {slang} To hit someone very hard; beat someone up. * /Stay out of my yard or I ll knock your block off./ * /Jim will knock your block off if he catches you riding his bike./ … Dictionary of American idioms
knock one's block off — {v. phr.}, {slang} To hit someone very hard; beat someone up. * /Stay out of my yard or I ll knock your block off./ * /Jim will knock your block off if he catches you riding his bike./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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