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1 fool
A n1 ( silly person) idiot/-e m/f (to do de faire) ; the poor fool le pauvre idiot ; you stupid fool ○ ! espèce d'idiot! ; don't be (such) a fool! ne sois pas idiot! ; to make sb look a fool, to make a fool of sb faire passer qn pour un/-e idiot/-e ; to be fool enough to agree être assez stupide pour accepter ; she's no fool, she's nobody's fool elle n'est pas si bête ; any fool could do that ○ le premier imbécile venu pourrait faire ça ○ ; (the) more fool you ○ ! quelle imbécilité! ; to act ou play the fool faire l'imbécile, faire le pitre ;B ○ modif US [politician] idiot ; that's a fool thing to do/say c'est vraiment stupide de faire/dire ça.C vtr tromper, duper ; you don't fool anybody tu ne trompes personne ; don't let that fool you! ne t'y trompe pas! ; who are you trying to fool? à qui veux-tu faire croire ça? ; you don't fool me for a minute je ne te crois pas un seul instant ; to fool sb into doing amener qn à faire ; to fool sb into ou believing that faire croire à qn que ; to fool sb out of escroquer qn de [money] ; to be fooled se laisser abuser (by par) ; don't be fooled! ne te laisse pas abuser! ; you really had me fooled! tu m'as vraiment fait marcher ○ !E v refl to fool oneself se faire des illusions ; to fool oneself into doing sth se persuader de faire qch.a fool and his money are soon parted Prov aux idiots l'argent file entre les doigts ; there is no fool like an old fool il n'y a pire imbécile qu'un vieil imbécile ; you could have fooled me ○ ! tu m'en diras tant ○ !1 ( waste time) perdre son temps ;2 ( act stupidly) faire l'imbécile (with avec) ;3 ( have affairs) papillonner ○ ;▶ fool around with [sb/sth]1 ( flirt) batifoler ○ avec [lover] ;2 ( mess around) s'amuser avec [gadget, toy]. -
2 fool about
(colloq) GB, fool around (colloq) GB ( waste time) perdre son temps; ( act stupidly) faire l'imbécile
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