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1 espèce
n.f. Espèce de crétin! You stupid pillock! Espèce d'idiot! You blithering idiot! (Preceded by espèce de, terms of abuse become even more virulent.) -
2 maladroit
maladroit, e [maladʀwa, wat]1. adjectivea. ( = malhabile) clumsyb. ( = inconsidéré) ce serait maladroit de lui en parler it would be tactless to mention it to him2. masculine noun, feminine noun( = malhabile) clumsy person• quel maladroit je fais ! how clumsy of me!* * *
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maladroite maladʀwa, wat adjectif1) ( malhabile) [personne, geste, traduction] clumsy; [écriture] faltering2) ( sans tact) tactless
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* * *maladʀwa, wat adj maladroit, -e* * *A adj1 ( malhabile) [personne, geste, œuvre, style, traduction] clumsy; [écriture] faltering; il est très maladroit de ses mains/avec un pinceau he's very clumsy with his hands/with a brush;2 ( sans tact) [personne, propos] tactless; ce fut très maladroit de ta part it was very tactless of you;3 ( qui manque d'aisance) awkward; un garçon maigre et maladroit a lanky awkward boy;4 ( qui manque de finesse) [personne, négociations] inept; il est trop maladroit pour convaincre he doesn't come over very well.B nm,f ( personne gauche) clumsy person; ( gaffeur) tactless person; ce maladroit fait tout tomber sur son passage he's so clumsy, he knocks everything over; je ne confierais pas cette affaire à un tel maladroit I wouldn't trust the deal to such an oaf.( féminin maladroite) [maladrwa, at] adjectif2. [manquant - de savoir-faire] clumsy, inept ; [ - d'assurance] clumsy, awkward, gauche ; [ - de tact] clumsy, tactless, heavy-handedune initiative maladroite a clumsy ou bungling initiative————————, maladroite [maladrwa, at] nom masculin, nom féminin1. [de ses mains] clumsy personattention, maladroit, tu as failli lâcher la tasse! look out, butterfingers, you nearly dropped the cup![incompétent] blithering idiot -
3 couillon
I.n. m.1. 'Twit', blithering idiot, imbecile. Cesse de faire le couillon! Stop arsing about!2. Jouer un tour de couillon a quelqu'un: To 'take someone for a ride', to play a trick on someone.3. Piège a couillon: 'Trap', trick that only a fool would fall for.II.adj.1. (of person): 'Thick', 'dumb', stupid. Il est couillon comme pas un: He's as thick as two short planks.2. (of thing): 'Bloody stupid', silly. Un truc comme ça, c'est vraiment couillon! This is really too silly for words! -
4 gugusse
n. m. 'Nincompoop', blithering idiot. -
5 huître
n. f.1. 'Gob', clot of phlegm (also: glaviot).2. 'Burk', 'nincompoop', blithering idiot.3. Etre plein comme une huître: To be 'pissed as a newt', to be blind drunk. -
6 nœud
n. m.1. 'Prick', 'cock', penis.2. Peau de nœud: 'Bugger-all', nothing at all. On a fait tout ça pour peau de nœud! We went to all that trouble for sweet Fanny Adams!3. Tête de nœud: 'Pillock', 'burk', blithering idiot.4. Faire quelque chose à la mords-moi-le-nœud: To make a real cock-up of things, to make a mess of whatever task one has been entrusted with. -
7 panais
n. m.1. 'Prick', 'cock', penis. Dérouiller son panais: To 'wank', to masturbate.2. (pej.): 'Cunt', 'burk', blithering idiot. -
8 tête
n. f.1. Avoir la tête de l'emploi (iron.): To 'look the part'. Les croque-morts n'ontpas toujours la tête de l'emploi, c'est souvent des rigolos! Undertakers aren't always the mournful buggers we expect them to be!3. Faire la mauvaise tête: To be 'pig-headed', to be obstreperous and reluctant to comply.4. Avoir ses têtes: To 'have one's (little) favourites', to let oneself be ruled by likes and dislikes where relationships at work are concerned.5. Avoir une tête à coucher dehors avec un billet de logetnent: To have an 'ugly mug', to have an unattractive face (in fact, to have the kind of features that would even get you turned a way from a welfare hostel).6. Faire un prix à la tête du client: To quote a price according to the likely means of a customer. Au garage, lesprix sont un peu à la tête du client! If you drive a Rolls, they'll charge the earth for repairs!7. Tête de pipe: Portrait-photograph. J'ai vu sa tête de pipe dans le canard! I've seen his mug somewhere in a paper!10. Affaire tête de lard (pol.): Dead-end enquiry, one where witnesses and accused alike make the police's job more arduous by refusing to co-operate.11. Se payer la tête de quelqu'un: To 'take the piss out of someone', to 'take the mickey', to poke fun at someone.12. Etre tombé sur la tête: To be 'bonkers', 'potty', to be mad. T'es tombé sur la tête, quoi?! You crazy in the head?!a To 'take a header', to dive into the water.b (fig.): To 'go under', to become bankrupt.14. Petite tête! (jocular form of address): Salut, petite tête! Mornin' mate! Alors, comment ça va, petite tête?! Well, how's tricks?!15. Cause à mon cul, ma tête est malade! (sarcastic retort): 'Get knotted'—I don't want to hear what you've got to say!16. La tête et lesjambes: The combination of brains and brawn. (The expression courir avec la tête et les jambes originates from the racing cyclist's slang and refers to competitors who use critical judgement when exerting physical effort. In the 1960s, a television quiz-cum-competition with that name teamed up scholars and sportsmen to compete for prizes.)17. Tenir la tête (Gambling slang): To act as judge and arbiter at the tables. (August Le Breton in his L 'ARGOT CHEZ LES VRAIS DE VRAI explains that this 'refereeing' activity is often given to a 'cleaned-out' player by a gambling baron; the position carries a small commission on stakes.)
См. также в других словарях:
blithering idiot — [“blida^iij...] n. a crazy person; a totally disoriented person. □ How can you be such a blithering idiot? □ You blithering idiot! You’ve buttered the tablecloth! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
(a) blithering idiot — a blithering idiot informal old fashioned phrase someone who has done something very stupid Thesaurus: someone who is unintelligent, stupid or sillysynonym Main entry: blithering … Useful english dictionary
blithering — lithering adj. talking incoherently; as, a blithering idiot. Syn: jabbering. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blithering — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ complete; utter: a blithering idiot … English terms dictionary
blithering — blith|er|ing [ˈblıðərıŋ] adj [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: blither to talk nonsense (19 20 centuries), from blather] blithering idiot spoken someone who has done something very stupid … Dictionary of contemporary English
blithering — blith|er|ing [ blıðərıŋ ] adjective a blithering idiot INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED someone who has done something very stupid … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
blithering — adjective informal complete; utter: a blithering idiot … English new terms dictionary
blithering — adjective blithering idiot spoken someone who has done something very stupid … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blithering — Adj. 1. An intensifier such as bloody . E.g. How can I have toast when that blithering idiot has just eaten all the bread! 2. Senseless and excessive talking. Informal … English slang and colloquialisms
blithering — UK [ˈblɪðərɪŋ] / US adjective a blithering idiot … English dictionary
blithering — 1. Foolish. 2. Mild adj. expressing annoyance. Usu. blithering idiot … A concise dictionary of English slang