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1 caillou
masculine nounstone ; ( = petit galet) pebble* * *pl cailloux kaju nom masculin1) ( pierre) pebbledu caillou — (colloq) rock [U]
avoir un caillou à la place du cœur — fig to have a heart of stone
2) (colloq) ( tête)* * *kajucailloux pl nm1) (= pierre) pebble, stone2) * (= crâne)3)le Caillou (= la Nouvelle-Calédonie) — New Caledonia
* * *1 ( pierre) pebble; gros caillou stone; du caillou○ rock ¢; avoir un caillou à la place du cœur fig to have a heart of stone;2 ○( pierre précieuse) stone;3 ○( tête) nut○, head; ne plus avoir un poil sur le caillou to be as bald as a coot○; ne rien avoir dans le caillou to be brainless;4 ○( îlot) piece of rock○;6 ◑ drug users' slang ( de drogue) rock○.1. [généralement] stone2. JOAILLERIE stone5. (familier) [crâne] -
2 poil
poil [pwal]1. masculine nouna. [de personne, animal] hair ; ( = pelage) coat• sans poils [poitrine, bras] hairless• animal à poil court/long short-haired/long-haired animal► à poil (inf!) ( = nu) stark nakedb. [de brosse à dents, pinceau] bristle ; [de tapis, étoffe] strand• il n'y a pas un poil de différence entre les deux there isn't the slightest difference between the two• être de bon/de mauvais poil (inf) to be in a good/bad mood• au (quart de) poil (inf) ( = magnifique) great (inf) ; ( = précisément) [réglé, convenir] perfectly2. compounds* * *pwalnom masculin1) ( chez l'être humain) hairavoir du poil au menton — ( être adulte) to be a grown man
à poil — (sl) (nu) stark naked, starkers (colloq)
se mettre à poil — (colloq) to strip, to strip off GB
de tout poil — (colloq) of all kinds
‘au (petit) poil (colloq)!’ — ‘fine!’
être au poil — (colloq) [objet] to be just the ticket (colloq); [personne] to be fantastic
ça marche au poil — (colloq) it works like a dream
2) (colloq) ( cheveux)avoir le poil ras/rare — to have short/thin hair
3) ( d'animal) hairperdre ses poils — to moult GB ou molt US, to shed (its) hairs
caresser dans le sens du poil — lit to stroke [something] the way the fur lies; fig to butter [somebody] up (colloq)
4) Botanique hair, down [U]5) (colloq) ( petite quantité) (d'humour, ironie) touch; (d'intelligence, de bon sens, courage) shredun poil plus grand/trop petit — a shade larger/too small
•Phrasal Verbs:••être de bon/mauvais poil — (colloq) to be in a good/bad mood
j'ai le poil qui se hérisse — (colloq) my hackles rise
hérisser le poil (colloq) de quelqu'un — to put somebody's back up (colloq)
avoir un poil dans la main — (colloq) to be bone idle
ne plus avoir un poil sur le caillou — (colloq) to be as bald as a coot (colloq)
ne plus avoir un poil de sec — (colloq) to be soaked to the skin
tomber sur le poil de quelqu'un — (colloq) ( se fâcher contre) to have a real go at somebody (colloq); ( frapper) to give somebody what's coming to him/her
* * *pwal nm1) ANATOMIE hairIl y a des poils de chat partout sur la moquette. — There are cat hairs all over the carpet.
avoir du poil sur la poitrine — to have hair on one's chest, to have a hairy chest
2) (= pelage) coatTon chien a un beau poil. — Your dog's got a nice coat.
3) [pinceau, brosse] bristle4) [tapis, tissu] strand5) (locutions)au poil * — hunky-dory *
* * *poil nm1 ( chez l'être humain) hair; poils superflus unwanted hair; arracher les poils (blancs) de sa barbe to pull the (white) hairs out of one's beard; avoir le poil blond○ to have blond hair; avoir du poil aux jambes to have hairy legs; avoir du poil au menton lit to have a hairy chin; ( être adulte) to be a grown man; à poil◑ (nu) stark naked, starkers○; se mettre à poil○ to strip, to strip off GB; ‘à poil!’ ‘get your clothes off!’; de tout poil○ of all kinds; ‘au (petit) poil○!’ ‘fine!’; être au poil○ [objet] to be just the ticket○; [personne] to be fantastic; ça marche au poil○ it works like a dream; arriver or tomber au (quart de) poil○ to arrive at just the right moment; travailler au poil○ to be a great worker; démarrer au quart de poil○ to start straight away; ne plus avoir un poil de sec○ to be soaked to the skin;2 ○( cheveux) avoir le poil long/ras/rare to have long/short/thin hair; homme au poil ras short-haired man; homme au poil rare balding man;3 ( d'animal) hair; il y a des poils de chien sur le fauteuil there are dog hairs on the armchair; perdre ses poils to moult GB ou molt US, to shed (its) hairs; manteau en poil de chameau camel hair coat; animal à poils furry animal; avoir le poil long/court to have long/short hair; animal à poil ras/long short-/long-haired animal; animal au poil soyeux/gris animal with a silky/grey coat; caresser dans le sens du poil lit to stroke [ sb/sth] the way the fur lies; fig to butter [sb] up○;4 Bot hair, down ¢;5 ○( petite quantité) (d'humour, ironie) touch; (de bon sens, d'intelligence, de courage) shred; un poil plus grand/trop petit a shade larger/too small; à un poil près by a whisker; il s'en est fallu d'un poil que je fasse I was within a whisker of doing; il s'en est fallu d'un poil que la balle me touche the bullet missed me by a whisker;poil à gratter itching powder; poils tactiles vibrissae.être de bon/mauvais poil○ to be in a good/bad mood; j'ai le poil qui se hérisse○ my hackles rise; hérisser le poil○ de qn to put sb's back up○; avoir un poil dans la main○ to be bone idle; ne plus avoir un poil sur le caillou○ to be as bald as a coot○; tomber sur le poil de qn○ ( se fâcher contre) to have a real go at sb○; ( frapper) to give sb what's coming to him/her.[pwal] nom masculina. (familier) [guérir] to perk up againb. [reprendre des forces] to regain some strength for a fresh onslaught2. (familier) [infime quantité]manquer son train d'un poil ou à un poil près to miss one's train by a hair's breadth ou a whiskerchien à poil ras/long smooth-haired/long-haired dog4. [d'une brosse] bristle[d'un tapis] pile[d'un pull angora] down————————à poil (familier) locution adjectivalestark naked, starkers————————à poil (familier) locution adverbiale————————au poil (familier) locution adjectivaletu peux venir samedi, au poil! you can come on Saturday, great!————————au poil (familier) locution adverbialeau petit poil locution adverbiale,au quart de poil locution adverbiale————————de tout poil locution adjectivale(familier & humoristique) of all kinds -
3 chauve
chauve [∫ov]adjective* * *ʃov
1.
adjectif bald; fig, liter bare
2.
nom masculin bald(-headed) man* * *ʃov adj* * *A adj1 [personne, crâne] bald;B nmf bald(-headed) man/woman.[ʃov] adjectif[crâne, tête] bald(littéraire) [montagne] bareil devient chauve he's balding ou going bald————————[ʃov] nom masculin et féminin -
4 déboisé
adj. Bald. Il est drôlement déboisé: He's as bald as a coot. -
5 zero
n. m.1. (of person): 'Nonentity', character of no importance whatsoever. C'est un vrai zéro! He's a real nobody!2. Le zero: 'The arse-hole', the anus, the anal sphincter.3. Les avoir à zéro: To 'have the shits', to be in a blue funk, to be petrified. (Alain Rey and Jacques Cellard in their DICTIONNAIRE DU FRANÇAIS NONCONVENTIONNEL associate semantically le zéro and fear, in spite of the fact that the accepted alternative to the above expression is avoir le trouillomètre à zéro.)4. Etre à zéro:a To be 'back to square-one', to have lost all.b To be 'knackered', 'buggered', to be exhausted.5. Bander à zéro:a (lit.): To have 'a hard', to have 'the big stick', to have an erection.b (fig.): To be 'over the moon' about something, to feel elated. Il bandait à zéro de nous savoir dans la chtouille: He was dead chuffed knowing that we were going through a tough patch.6. Zéro! (also: zéro pour la question!): No way! — Nothing doing! — Certainly not!7. Avoir la boule à zéro: To be as bald as a coot. (The origin of the expression lies not in the zeroshape of a bald head, but in the head-shears used by army and prison barbers, known as zéro or double-zéro.)8. A zéro (adv. exp.): Totally, completely. On était affranchis à zéro: We were fully genned-up. On s'est fait avoir à zéro! We were well and truly trounced! -
6 alfa
n. f.1. Hair. N'avoir plus d'alfa sur les hauts plateaux (iron.): To be as bald as a coot.2. (abbr. Alfa-Romeo): Motor car of that make. -
7 bol
n. m.1. 'Bean', 'bonce', head. N'avoir rien sur le bol: To be as bald as a coot. Ne te casse pas le bol! Don't fret! — Don't worry!2. 'Mush', 'dial', face. (With this meaning, the word is always encountered in a pejorative connotation. Faire un drôle de bol: To pull a sour face.)3. Luck. Un coup de bol: A stroke of luck. Manque de bol, on s'est fait pincer! Of all the rotten luck, we got nabbed!4. En avoir ras le bol (also: ralbol): To be fed up to the back teeth, to be sick and tired of something.5. Prendre un bol d'air: To get a bit of fresh air. -
8 boule
I.n. f.1. 'Bean', 'bonce', head. Avoir la boule à zero: To be as bald as a coot. Donner un coup de boule: To butt someone. Perdre la boule: To 'go off one's rocker', to go mad. Y aller de la boule: To be guillotined.3. Se mettre en boule: To 'get in a huff', to get cross. Il se met en boule pour un rien: He gets his back up over nothing.4. Boules Quiès: Ear-plugs. (Another case of a brandname becoming generic.)5. Mystère et boules de gomme! (joc.): Search me! — I haven't the foggiest! — It's a mystery to me!6. Remonter des boules: To 'get the readies', to get some money. Rentrer dans ses boules: To get one's money back.II.adj. (abbr. maboule): 'Nuts', 'potty', mad. Etre un rien boule: To be slightly bonkers. -
9 caillou
n. m.1. Skull. Avoir le caillou déplumé (also: n'avoir plus un poil sur le caillou): To be as bald as a coot.2. (pl.): 'Stones', gems.3. Casser des cailloux: To 'do time', to serve a prison sentence. C'était un caïd, mais maintenant il casse des cailloux: He used to be a big shot, but now he's sewing mailbags.4. Bouffer des briques à la sauce cailloux: To 'live on thin air', to go hungry. -
10 ciboulot
n. m.1. 'Bean', 'brainbox', head. Il n'a plus un tif sur le ciboulot: He's as bald as a coot. Il commence à me courir sur le ciboulot! He's getting on my wick! — He's starting to become a nuisance!2. 'Nous', brains, intelligence. Perdre le ciboulot: To 'go off one's rocker', to lose one's sanity. Se creuser le ciboulot: To rack one's brains. -
11 crayon
n. m.1. Hair (usually in jocular expressions such as n'avoir plus un crayon sur la boule: To be as bald as a coot).2. Du crayon: 'Tick', credit. Je lui aurais filé dix sacs de crayon, mais il a déjà une sacrée ardoise chez nous: I'd have lent him the money, but he's already got quite a lot on the slate here. -
12 cresson
n. m.1. Thatch', hair. N'avoir plus de cresson sur la cafetière: To be as bald as a coot.3. Du msson: 'Loot', 'brass', money (perhaps because of the colour, as in the American 'greenbacks').4. C'est idem au cresson: It's six of one, half a dozen of the other. -
13 genou
n. m.1. Faire du genou: To 'play footsie', to give a fellow-guest amorous knee-nudges.3. Son caillou, c'est de lapeau de genou! He's as bald as a coot! -
14 mousse
n. f.1. Hair. N'avoir plus de mousse sur le caillou: To be as bald as a coot.2. Se faire de la mousse: To 'get things out of proportion', to worry unnecessarily. -
15 œuf
n. m.1. 'Pill', 'pillock', fool. Faire l'œuf: To arse about. Cesse de faire l'œuf! Stop mucking about!2. Aux œufs: 'A-1', 'champion', firstclass. Comme boulot, c'est aux œufs! That's what I'd call a plum job!3. Casser son œuf: To have a miscarriage.4. Avoir des œufs sur le plat: To have 'poached-egg-on-toast boobs', to have an insignificant bust.a (lit.): To walk carefully (because of pain).b (fig.): To tread warily.6. Sortir de l'œuf: To be 'as green as they come', to be totally lacking experience (where life is concerned).7. Etouffer quelque chose dans l'œuf: To 'nip something in the bud', to abort an enterprise or rumour in its early stages.8. Etre chauve comme un œuf: To be as bald as a coot.9. 'I'ondre des œufs: To be a 'skinflint', to be as mean as they come.10. Qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf: Once a thief, always a thief!11. Aller se faire cuire un œuf: To 'get knotted', to go to blazes. Va te faire cuire un oeuf! Get stuffed! (The expression aller se faire cuire un œuf, because of its very nature, is quite interjection-loaded.)12. Plein comme un œuf: 'As tight as a tick', as drunk as a lord.13. L'avoir dans l'œuf: To have been 'conned', 'diddled', to have been swindled.14. (pl.): 'Nuts', 'balls', testicles.15. Œuf corse! (joc.): Absoballylutely! — Of course! -
16 perruque
n. f.1. Avoir une perruque en peau de fesse (joc. & iron.): To be as bald as a coot.2. Une vieille perruque: An 'old fogey', an old fuddy-duddy.3. Faire de la perruque: To do a job 'on the side', to work after hours with the firm's equipment for one's personal gain.
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