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61 colle
n. f.1. 'Stodge', stodgy food.2. 'Stumper', 'poser', brain-teaser. Philippe, il faut toujours qu'il pose des colles! He always likes to quiz you with the unanswerable, does Philip!4. (sch.): Detention. Prendre une colle: To cop detention.5. Quelle colle!a (of person): What a bore!b (of situation, event): What a drag!6. Ménage à la colle: 'Open marriage', commonlaw marriage.7. Faites chauffer la colle! (Stock humorous phrase said when someone breaks crockery): Go on, break up the happy home!8. Chier dans la colle: To 'lay it on a bit thick', to exaggerate.9. C'est de la colle! It's bunkum! — Poppycock!10. Combat à la colle (Boxing): 'Duff contest', phoney fight. -
62 costaud
I.n. m. Athletically-built man, one whose frame is bulging with muscles. (The costauds des Halles, even with the advent of forklift trucks, are still much admired for their strong physique.)II.adj.1. 'Stocky', 'hefty', muscularly built. Il est vachement costaud: He's got muscles on his muscles!2. Ne pas se sentir costaud: To feel 'out of sorts', to feel rather weak.3. Etre costaud en math: To have a brain for maths. ( Etre costaud en¼can refer to excellence in a variety of subjects and skills.)4. Ça, c'est du costaud! (of object): This is really solid stuff!a It's rather difficult. C'est un machin plutôt costaud a expliquer. It's rather tricky to explain.b It's quite pricey—It's rather expensive. Notre loyer est plutôt costaud: The rent here doesn't bear talking about. -
63 crâne
n. m.1. Bourrer le crâne à quelqu'un: To fill someone's head with stuff and nonsense.2. Crâne de piaf: 'Nincompoop', 'bird-brain', twit.3. (pl.): 'Scalps', arrests. C'est un flic de première avec une tripotée de crânes a son actif. He's a top cop with a list of arrests as long as your arm. -
64 étourneau
n. m. 'Scatter-brain', 'dizzy' forgetful person. -
65 évaporée
n. f. 'Feather-brain', dotty and absent-minded young woman. -
66 follette
n. f. 'Bird-brain', scatty woman. -
67 gaga
I.n. m. 'Yoghurt brain', old dodderer.II.adj. 'Soft in the head', doddering, in a state of senile decay. -
68 gaudriole
n. f.1. A bit of 'how's your father?!', 'hanky-panky', randy horse- play. Il ne pense qu'à la gaudriole: He's got sex on the brain!2. (pl.): Smutty jokes and stories. Débiter des gaudrioles: To come out with coarse jokes. -
69 jinjin
n. m.1. 'Nous', 'grey matter', brain. N'avoir rien dans le jinjin (also: avoir un courant d'air dans le jinjin): To have nothing up top.2. 'Plonk', cheap red wine. -
70 méninges
n. f. pl. Les méninges: 'Grey matter', the brain. Se creuser les méninges: To rack one's brains. Ne pas se casser les méninges:a To take the easy way out (one that involves little reflection).b To take life as it comes (without worrying unduly about anything). MÉNAGE TES MÉNINGES is the title of a well-known novel by San-Antonio. Fais un peu travailler tes méninges! Use your loaf! — Can't you think for yourself?! -
71 méningite
n. f. Ne pas se donner une méningite (joc. & iron.): To not overtax one's brain, to go for the easy solution. -
72 mental
n. m. Le mental: 'Grey matter', the brain. Ne pas se creuser le mental:a To take the easy way out (one that doesn't involve too much thinking).b To take life as it comes (without worrying unduly about anything). -
73 moineau
n. m.1. Avoir une cervelle de moineau: To have a 'bird-brain', to be empty-headed.2. (pej.): 'Bloke', 'geezer', fellow. Et qui c'est, ce moineau-la?! And who the devil's that character?! Un drôle de moineau: A 'queer cuss', a weird bloke (one not to be trusted). Un vilain moineau: A 'bad egg'. a 'nasty piece of work', an unpleasant and untrustworthy person. -
74 montgolfière
n. f.1. 'Nympho', nymphomaniac.2. (pl.): 'Bubbies', 'bristols', full and self-supporting breasts. (The montgolfiére, the invention of the Montgolfier brothers, was one of the first hot-air balloons.)3. (pl.): 'Balls', 'bollocks', testicles. (The reference to montgolfières in respect of testicles is, more often than not, made in a jocular vein, implying either an over-sexed brain or advanced V.D.) -
75 phosphorer
v. intrans. To think hard. (The verb originates in the popular near- myth that phosphorus is food for the brain, and many an unfortunate child has been told to eat his fish with a 'ça te rendra intelligent' injunction.) -
76 piaf
n. m.1. Sparrow.2. Small bird (to the unornithologically-minded). Avoir une cervelle de piaf: To have a bird-brain. (Edith Piaf was given her stage-name because of her diminutive stature and bird-like features. To mention this is particularly relevant in view of the fact that a rival artiste bore the nickname of la môme moineau.)3. Un drôle de piaf (pej.): An 'oddball', a 'queer cove', a weird character. -
77 ramolli
I.n. m.1. Doddering old fogey.2. Halfwit, near-imbecile. (The full expression un ramolli du bulbe, referring either to a doddering geriatric or a near- idiotic person, reveals that it is the brain that has gone soft.)II.adj.1. 'Shagged', worn-out, exhausted.2. Doddering.3. Half-witted. -
78 rigolade
n. f.1. Laughter, merriment.2. 'Funand-games', larking about. Sans rigolade, on aurait crevé d'ennui au régiment! National Service would have been a drag without all that horsing about!3. Sexy capers. Il ne pense qu'à la rigolade! He's got sex on the brain!4. Prendre quelque chose à la rigolade: Not to take something seriously. Il n'a pas pris ça à la rigolade! He certainly didn't take it as a joke!5. Ce n'est pas de la rigolade! It's no laughing matter!6. Une vraie rigolade (of task, undertaking): Mere child's play. -
79 troncher
v. trans. To 'screw', to fuck, to have coition with. Troncher les nenettes, il n'a que ça en tête! You could say he's got sex on the brain! -
80 creuser la tête, se
rack one’s brain
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