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n. m.1. 'Hitch', unexpected snag. Il y a comme un os! I can feel there's something wrong here! Tomber sur un os: To hit a snag. (San-Antonio probably gave the word, with this meaning, literary status when he wrote the novel Un os dans la noce. The expression il y a un os dans le fromage belongs to the register of the police force, and means that enquiries have come to a halt.)2. (Underworld slang): 'Evil customer', dangerous character (one definitely to be steered clear of).3. 'Bone-shaker', 'banger', clappedout car. Il s'est fait fourguer le dernier des os: They flogged him a right heap of rust!4. Ne pas faire de vieux os (never in the present tense): Not to be long for this world. Au train où il va, il ne fera pas de vieux os! If he keeps this up, he'll soon be for the knacker's yard!5. Sauver ses os: To save one's skin.6. Se rompre les os pour faire quelque chose (fig.): To break one's back in order to do something.7. Se casser les os (fig.): To 'come unstuck', to 'come a cropper', to fail.8. Etre trempé jusqu'aux os: To be 'soaked to the skin', to be wet through. Etre gelé jusqu'aux os: To be frozen to the marrow.9. L'avoir dans l'os: To have been 'had', 'conned', to have been duped. Et comment qu'il l'a eu dans l'os! They took him good and proper!10. Jusqu'à l'os: Through and through. Il nous a blousés jusqu'à l'os: He completely pulled the wool over our eyes.11. Ça vaut l'os! It's well worth it! — It's certainly worthwhile!12. Gagner son os: To earn a crust. Pour gagner son os, ces temps- ci, faut se lever tôt! It's all graft these days if you want to earn a living!13. Os à moelle:a 'Conk', 'hooter', nose (the runny kind).b 'Prick', 'cock', penis. (The expression faire juter l'os is generally lexicalized as having two meanings, according to which part of the anatomy it refers to:a To blow one's nose.b To ejaculate. Avoir l'os is more accurately translated by 'to have the big stick', to have an erection.)
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