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jaw [dʒɔ:]1 noun∎ she has a very square jaw elle a une mâchoire très carrée;∎ his jaw dropped in astonishment il en est resté bouche bée;∎ upper/lower jaw mâchoire f supérieure/inférieure;∎ figurative snatched from the jaws of death arraché aux griffes de la mort;∎ figurative to set one's jaw (show determination) décider de s'accrocher;∎ figurative the jaws of hell les portes fpl de l'enfer∎ to have a good old jaw tailler une petite bavette, papoter∎ she's been jawing away on the phone all morning elle n'a pas arrêté de papoter au téléphone de toute la matinée(b) (moralize) prêcher, moraliser□familiar (remonstrate with) sermonner□ⓘ Jaw-jaw is better than war-war Churchill déclara lors d'un discours prononcé à la Maison Blanche en 1954 "Talking jaw is better than going to war" ("Mieux vaut discuter que de faire la guerre"). Cependant, c'est la formule Jaw-jaw is better than war-war qui est passée à la postérité. On utilise cette expression aujourd'hui pour dire qu'il est toujours préférable de parlementer avec ses ennemis afin de résoudre un différend de façon pacifique.
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