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1 dieu
masculine noun• mon Dieu ! my God!• grands Dieux ! good God!• Dieu vous bénisse ! God bless you!• Dieu merci, il n'a pas plu it didn't rain, thank goodness* * *djønom masculin Religion Godbon Dieu! — (sl) for God's sake!
Dieu soit loué or béni! — thanks be to God!
Dieu ait son âme! — God rest his/her soul
c'est pas Dieu possible! — (colloq) good God, it's not possible!
Dieu sait pourquoi/quand! — goodness (only) knows why/when
••chaque jour que Dieu fait — day in, day out
il vaut mieux s'adresser à Dieu qu'à ses saints — Proverbe always go straight to the top
* * *djødieux pl nm* * *1 Mythol, Relig god; le dieu des mers the god of the sea; les dieux égyptiens the Egyptian gods; grands dieux! God almighty!; vingt dieux○! good God almighty○!;2 ( personne talentueuse) sur le terrain c'est un dieu he's brilliant on the sports field; le dieu du tennis/golf the greatest tennis player/golfer.être beau comme un dieu to look like a Greek god; nager/skier/jouer comme un dieu to be a superb swimmer/skier/player; jurer ses grands dieux que… to swear to God that…; être dans le secret des dieux to be privy to the secrets of those on high.1. [divinité] godle dieu de la Guerre/l'Amour the god of war/lovecomme un dieu divinely, like a god3. [objet de vénération] godDieu nom propre1. [généralement] Godtous les jours ou chaque jour que (le bon) Dieu fait every blessed dayil vaut mieux s'adresser à Dieu qu'à ses saints it's better to talk to the organ-grinder than the monkey2. [dans des exclamations]Dieu nous protège god ou Lord protect usDieu merci! thank God ou the Lord!grand Dieu! good God ou Lord!grands dieux! good heavens ou gracious!mon Dieu! my God!, my goodness!, good Lord!mon Dieu [dans des prières] Lord, God————————des dieux locution adjectivale -
2 nerf
n. m.1. Avoir les nerfs à cran (also: avoir lei nerfs en boule or en pelote): To be 'all on edge', to be extremely tense. Tout ça m'a mis les nerfs a cran: This whole business has made me really uptight.2. Porter sur les nerfs à quelqu'un: To 'get on someone's wick', to irritate and make angry. Tu commences à me porter sur les nerfs! I'm getting rather tired of you!3. Y mettre du nerf: To 'put some vim into it', to get some zest into whatever one is doing. (This expression is practically always found in the second person singular or plural of the imperative. Mets-y du nerf, bon sang! For Pete's sake, get a move on!)4. Le nerf de la guerre: 'Loot', 'brass', money (literally what makes war-mongering financially possible).5. Ne pas avoir un nerf: To be 'skint', to be penniless. (Unlike the previous entry for this word, the reference is to 'argent monnayé', i.e. real money in notes and coins, and the word is pronounced nerffe.) -
3 lanterne
n. f.1. Window.2. (pl.): 'Glims', 'lamps', eyes. Ouvre un peu tes lanternes! For Pete's sake keep your eyes on what you're doing!3. 'Bread- basket', 'belly', stomach. S'en fourrer (also: s'en mettre) plein la lanterne: To 'have a good blow-out', to have a right good tuck-in, to eat heartily.4. Lanterne rouge (Professional cyclists' slang): Booby-prize tag awarded (in the same spirit as the 'wooden spoon') to the cyclist who is last overall in a major 'stages' race. -
4 crénom
crénom† excl confound it‡![krenɔ̃] interjection(familier & vieilli)crénom (de nom ou de Dieu)!a. [d'impatience] for God's ou Pete's sake!b. [de colère] damn it!
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for God's sake — I am surprised or annoyed by this. For God s sake, Eleanor, what happened to your hair? It s time we started worrying about educating our children, for God s sake. At three thirty in the morning, for God s sake, my dog decided to have her puppies … New idioms dictionary