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81 brûlé
I.n. m. Ça sent le brûlé: That looks fishy —It seems suspicious.II.adj.1. Etre brûlé:a To have lost one's reputation, one's good name.b To find oneself betrayed (to have given oneself away unwittingly).2. Une tête brûlée: A dare-devil. -
82 casse-cou
n. m.1. 'Madcap', dare-devil character.2. Stuntman (in films). -
83 chapeau
n. m.1. Chapeau! Congrats! — Good show! — Well done!2. Faire chapeau (of boat): To 'turn turtle', to capsize.a To be suspected of being a police informer.b To 'carry the can', to be made the scapegoat.4. Prendre un virage sur les chapeaux de roue (of car): To take a corner on two wheels.5. C'est comme si je pissais dans un chapeau de paille troué! It's like putting a poultice on a wooden leg! — It's totally useless!6. Travailler du chapeau: To 'have bats in the belfry', to be 'bonkers', to be mad.7. Etre envoyé au chapeau de paille: To be deported to a penal colony. (The expression died with the last convict on Devil's Island.)8. A plein chapeau (of radio, hi-fi): Full-blast, at top volume.9. Ne t'occupe pas du chapeau de la gamine! (joc. & iron.): Keep your nose out of this! — Mind your own business! -
84 cloquer
I.v. trans.1. To 'belt', to hit, to land a blow. Elle lui a cloqué une beigne: She clocked him one.2. To give. Il cloqua deux thunes dans la gapette d'un mendigot: He slipped some poor devil a few coppers.3. To put out of sight, to conceal. Quand il vit que ça tournait au vinaigre, il cloqua son flingue sous le paddock: When he saw that things were going sour, he hid his shooter under the bed.II.v. intrans. To 'let off, to 'fart', to break wind.III.v. trans. reflex.1. To snuggle down into, to settle comfortably in. Il se cloqua d'autor dans le meilleur fauteuil: He made a bee-line for the most comfortable armchair and nestled into it.2. To 'take cover', to hide.3. Se cloquer un godet: To 'knock back', to down a drink.4. Se cloquer un bécot: To exchange a kiss. -
85 cocu
n. m. Cuckold. (With the exception of avoir une gueule de cocu, this state of marital misfortune is often associated with luck in other areas of life as in avoir une veine de cocu: to have the luck of the devil. This could be attributed to the wife's lover being able to influence the husband's promotion prospects within a firm or institution.) -
86 coiffé
adj.1. Etre né coiffé: To be a lucky devil, to have been born lucky.2. Etre coiffé de: To 'have a crush on someone', to be infatuated. Il est coiffé de ma frangine: He's spoony over my sister. -
87 corde
n. f.1. Parler de corde dans la maison d'un pendu: To 'put one's foot in it', to mention the unmentionable.2. Avoir de la corde de pendu: To have the luck of the devil. (Popular belief has it that a piece of the tragic rope acts as a good luck charm.)3. Se mettre la corde au cou: To 'put on the ball and chain', to 'get hitched', to get married.4. Ça sent la corde! I can smell a rat! — It looks fishy (suspicious) to me!5. Il pleut des cordes: 'It's pissing down'—'It's raining cats and dogs'—It's pouring (also: il pleut des hallebardes).6. Faire des cordes pour la marine: To 'crap', to 'shit', to defecate.7. Ne tirez pas trop sur la corde ( avec moi): Don't push me too far (if you know what's good for you).8. Ça n'est pas dans mes cordes (also: ça ne rentre pas dans mes cordes): It's not (really) my line—I don't think I'm the right person for this.9. Prendre un virage a la corde (Motoring, cycling): To cut a corner close, to cut a corner fine. -
88 cul
n. m.1. 'Bum', 'backside', behind.2. Aller au cul: To 'screw', to fuck, to have intercourse.3. La presse du cul: Dirty books and mags, pornographic literature.4. En avoir plein le cul de quelque chose: To be fed up to the back teeth with something.5. L'avoir dans le cul: To have 'been had', 'conned', to have been diddled. Et comme de bien entendu, c'est moi qui l'ai dans le cul! It's muggins again what carries the can!6. Avoir du poil au cul: To be 'gutsy', 'plucky', to be as brave as they come.7. Avoir le cul bordé de nouilles (joc.): To have the luck of the devil. (An important subsidiary meaning of cul is luck as in ne pas manquer de cul, avoir un cul du tonnerre, etc.).8. Mon cul! (iron.): You must be joking! -You don't think I'm that stupid, do you?!9. Se crever (also: se décarcasser) le cul: To 'sweat one's guts out', to work one's fingers to the bone.10. Péter plus haul que son cul (joc.): To be snooty, to have ideas above one's station.11. Avoir une gueule comme un cul de singe: To have 'a face like the back of a bus', to be rather ugly.12. Faire la bouche en cul de poule: To pout, to purse one's lips in a demure manner.13. Etre bas du cul (joc.): To be something of a shortarse, to be rather small in stature.14. C'est a se taper le cul par terre! (joc.): It's side-splitting! -It's hilarious!15. Tirer au cul: To 'dodge graft', to avoid work (usually by claiming ill-health).16. Faire cul sec: To down a drink in one go. (The image is similar to that in the English 'Bottoms up!') -
89 faute
n. f.1. Faute de mieux on couche avec sa femme! Needs must where the devil drives! (If the naïve Anglo-Saxon users of the expression faute de mieux knew its rhetorical ending they might avoid using it.)2. C'est la faute à pas-de- chance: It's just one of those things! — Accidents like that just happen! -
90 fion
I.n. m.1. Arse-hole, anus. L'avoir dans le fion: To have been 'had', 'conned', to have been tricked.2. Luck (the kind others do not think you deserve). Il a un de ces fions! He's got the luck of the devil!4. Brush, broom. Donner un coup de fion dans la taule: To give the place a bit of a clean.5. Donner le coup de fion: To give the finishing touches to something.II.n. f. Bottle of booze (refers usually to a full rather than to an empty bottle of strong alcohol).2. 'Bean', 'bonce', head. Il a pris un coup de goumi sur la fiole: He got coshed.3. (pej.): 'Mush', 'dial', face. Il a une de ces fioles! He's got a face as ugly as sin! J'en ai marre de ta fiole: I can't stand the sight of you! -
91 fistule
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92 flambeau
n. m.1. Passer lefiambeau: To let someone else 'carry the flame', to pass responsibility to someone else.2. Avoir du flambeau (Gambling slang): To have the luck of the devil. -
93 impasse
n. f. (sch.): Calculated exam risk whereby a student shortcuts his (revision) work-load by not studying part of the syllabus. Il a fait de ces impasses et n'a pas été recalé! The lucky devil! He passed his exam in spite of skipping most of the programme. -
94 large
I.n. m.1. Prendre le large: To 'make oneself scarce', to 'vamoose', to clear off.2. Gagner le large: To 'get out of harm's way', to steer clear of trouble.3. Donner du large à quelqu'un: To 'give someone a wide berth', to carefully avoid someone.II.adj.1. L'avoir large: To have 'the luck of the devil', to be extremely fortunate.2. Ne pas être large du dos: To be 'tight-fisted', to be mean.III.adv. Ne pas en mener large: To feel deflated and down-in-the-mouth, to be crestfallen. -
95 mal
I.n. m.1. Avoir (also: se donner) un mal de chien: To have the devil of a job. Elle se donne un mal de chien pour élever ses enfants: She sweats her guts out to bring up her kids.2. Avoir mal aux cheveux'. To 'have a hangover', to feel the after-effects of a drinking bout.3. Etre guéri du mal de dents (iron.): To be 'out of one's misery', to be dead.4. En avoir mal au ventre: To feel sick at the thought of something.5. Un pantalon à la mal au ventre: Old-fashioned trousers with frontal pockets.II.adv.1. La foutre mai. To 'look bad', to give a bad impression. Vraiment, tu la fous mal toujours en pullover: You really let the side down, always wearing baggy pullovers.2. Ça va mal, non?! (iron.): Are you alright?! — You must be joking!3. Tu vas mal, toi! You're going it a bit strong! —You're exaggerating!4. Tu me fais mal, toi! You give me the pip! — You make me sick!5. Se trouver mal sur quelque chose (joc.): To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal something. -
96 mantgancer
v. pronom.1. Je me demande ce qui se manigance! I wonder what's cooking! — I wonder what's going on.2. Comment ça se manigance, ce machin? How the devil does that thing work? -
97 matois
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98 mieux
adv. & n. m.1. Qui dit mieux?! (joc. & iron.): Any advance on that?! (This expression and its English equivalent originate from the vocabulary of auctioneering, and have drifted into colloquial language with a sarcastic undertone where, for instance, 'tall stories' are concerned.)2. On nepeutpas mieux! You can't top that!3. Tout ce qu'il y a de mieux: 'The tops', nothing but the best.4. Etre au mieux avec quelqu'un: To be 'well in with someone', to be on the best of terms with someone.5. Faute de mieux: For want of anything better. (The ancillary clause to this 'Needsmust-when-the-Devil-drives' expression is the surprising¼on couche avec sa femme.)6. A-qui-mieux-mieux: In competition, in close rivalry (trying to outdo the opposition). Ce sont des adeptes du qui-mieux-mieux: They belong to the 'one-up-on-the-Joneses' brigade. -
99 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. -
100 nickelé
adj. Avoir les pieds nickelés:a To be a 'jammy bugger', to have the luck of the devil. (The Pieds-Nickelés, the creation of the humorous cartoonist Louis Forton, are three happy-go-lucky characters who boomerang from rags to riches and back to rags in every episode. Their ability to fall back on their feet and laugh at adversity was and is their trademark as their hilarious cartoon capers are forever being revived.)b To sit tight, to refuse to budge. (This expression is often used in a work context when referring to an obstreperous employee.)
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