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1 poule
poule [pul]1. feminine nouna. ( = animal) hen ; ( = viande) fowl2. compounds► poule mouillée ( = lâche) coward* * *pul1) Zoologie hen2) Culinaire boiling fowl3) (colloq) ( terme d'affection)4) Sport ( groupe d'adversaires) group; ( tournoi) tournament5) Jeux pool, kitty•Phrasal Verbs:••quand les poules auront des dents — (colloq) when pigs fly
tuer la poule pour avoir l'œuf, tuer la poule aux œufs d'or — to kill the goose that lays the golden egg
* * *pul nf1) ZOOLOGIE hen2) CUISINE chicken4) * (= fille) chick5) * (= prostituée) tart* * *poule nf2 Culin boiling fowl;5 ◑( prostituée) hooker◑, whore; une poule de luxe a high-class hooker◑;7 Jeux pool, kitty.poule de bruyère greyhen GB, grayhen US; poule d'eau moorhen; poule d'essai Turf race for three-year olds; poule faisane hen pheasant; poule mouillée○ pej wimp○ péj; poule naine bantam; poule pondeuse laying hen; poule au pot Culin chicken casserole.quand les poules auront des dents when pigs fly; se coucher avec les poules to go to bed early; se lever avec les poules to get up with the lark; être comme une poule qui a trouvé un couteau to be completely nonplussed; tuer la poule pour avoir l'œuf, tuer la poule aux œufs d'or to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.[pul] nom fémininquand les poules auront des dents: ton argent, tu le reverras quand les poules auront des dents you can kiss your money good-byetu crois qu'on va avoir une augmentation? — c'est ça, quand les poules auront des dents! do you think we're going to have a pay rise? — and pigs might fly!3. (familier) [maîtresse] mistress4. (familier) [terme d'affection]ma poule (my) pet, (my) loveen poule A, Metz bat Béziers in group ou pool A Metz beat Bézierspoule d'essai 1,600 m maiden race -
2 saint-glinglin
(colloq): à la saint-glinglin alasɛ̃glɛ̃glɛ̃ locution adverbiale probably neverrester/attendre jusqu'à la saint-glinglin — to stay/to wait till the cows come home (colloq)
* * *saint-glinglin○: à la saint-glinglin loc adv probably never; rester/attendre jusqu'à la saint-glinglin to stay/wait till the cows come home○.[sɛ̃glɛ̃glɛ̃]à la saint-glinglin locution adverbialeje t'écrirai — c'est ça, à la saint-glinglin! I'll write to you — and pigs might fly!
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pigs might fly — (informal; as an expression of scepticism) That is highly unlikely • • • Main Entry: ↑pig * * * pigs might fly british spoken phrase used for saying that something is completely impossible Thesaurus: not likely to happensynonym … Useful english dictionary
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pigs might fly — If you think something will never happen or succeed, you can say that pigs might fly (or pigs can fly and pigs will fly the idiom is used in many forms) … The small dictionary of idiomes
Pigs might fly — If you think something will never happen or succeed, you can say that pigs might fly (or pigs can fly and pigs will fly the idiom is used in many forms) … Dictionary of English idioms
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