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Il a été salement mouillé dans l'affaire des piastres

  • 1 mouiller

    I.
    v. trans.
    1. To implicate, to compromise. Surtout, ne me mouillez pas dans cette affaire! For heaven's sake keep me out of all this! Il a été salement mouillé dans l'affaire des piastres: He was up to his neck in the IndoChinese currency racket.
    2. Se mouiller la meule: To 'wet one's whistle', to have a drink.
    3. Mouiller son froc (fig.): To 'have the shits', to be 'in a blue funk', to be frightened out of one's wits.
    4. En mouiller pour quelqu'un: To be sexually attracted to someone. (An ancillary meaning to this expression jocularly highlights someone's 'feelings' for a coveted object. Il en mouille drôlement pour ta bagnole: He's just obsessed by your new car.)
    II.
    v. intrans.
    1. To be 'in a cold sweat', to be frightened.
    2. To 'drool at the thought of something', to strongly desire something. (Originally the verb related to salacious forethoughts, but with time the meaning has broadened.)
    3. (Gamblers' slang): To 'put one's money where one's mouth is', to dip into one's pocket in the hope of pulling off a coup.
    III.
    v. trans. reflex. To compromise oneself, to become implicated. Il s'est drôlement mouillé pour nous: He really stuck his neck out on our behalf.

    Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > mouiller

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