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81 oves et dards
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82 astre
n. m. Etre beau comme un astre (iron.): To be incredibly good-looking. (The expression is nearly always uttered within a tongue-in-cheek context.) -
83 B.A.
n. f. (abbr. bonne action) Faire sa B.A. (joc. & iron.): To do one's daily good deed. (The expression originates from the language of Scouting; in colloquial speech, the good deed can have a variety of tongue-in-cheek meanings.) -
84 bagou
n. m. (also: bagout) Avoir du bagou: To have the gift of the gab, to have a glib tongue. -
85 battant
I.n. m.1. 'Ticker', heart (also: palpitant).2. Tongue. Avoir un sacré battant: To have the gift of the gab.3. 'Heavy', muscleman (individual whose awe- inspiring muscular physique gets him all the tough jobs. In the boxing fraternity un battant is a powerful puncher with plenty of stamina).4. Avoir du battant: To be full of fight, to be not lacking in stamina.5. Se remplir le battant: To 'stuff one's face', to have a good tuck-in. ( Battant here refers to the stomach but does not have this meaning on its own.)II.adj. inv. Battant neuf. Brand spanking new.III.adv. 'On the dot', right on time. Il s'est radiné à huit heures battant: He got there right on the stroke of eight. -
86 bavarde
n. f.1. 'Licker', 'clapper', tongue.2. Let ter, item of correspondence. -
87 baveuse
n. f. 'Licker', 'clapper', tongue. -
88 cabane
n. f.1. 'Nick', 'clink', jail. Faire de la cabane: To do time. (The word is an abbreviated version of la cabane aux mille lourdes.)2. (joc.): House (often a résidence secondaire or weekend dwelling). The tongue-in-cheek jocularity derives from the primary meaning: shack, equated with the grandeur of the residence described.3. Attiger la cabane: To 'lay it on a bit thick', to exaggerate. -
89 calpette
n. f. 'Clapper', tongue. -
90 clapette
n. f. 'Licker', tongue (also: clapoteuse, menteuse). -
91 copeau
n. m.1. Arracher son copeau: To 'juice off', to ejaculate.2. Couper le copeau a quelqu'un: To silence someone. (In this instance, copeau means tongue but is never encountered in other expressions.)3. Avoir les copeaux: To 'have the jitters', to be 'in a blue funk', to be very frightened.4. Des copeaux! Fuck all! — Bugger all! — Nothing at all! On a pensé qu'on ferait des affaires—des copeaux! We thought we'd do some business, but it was nothing doing! -
92 cravateur
n. m.1. 'Mouthpiece', barrister.2. 'Slick-tongue', smooth-talker. -
93 escalope
n. f.2. Divot, piece of turf scooped out by a golf club.3. (pl.): 'Flappers', 'lugs', ears. -
94 excuser
v. trans. Excusez-moi de vous demander pardon! This jocular and slightly tongue-incheek expression became famous in the 60s through Fernand Raynaud, one of the top French comedians of the period. Raynaud's forte was in portraying the subservient underdog in French society. -
95 langouse
n. f. 'Licker', tongue. Faire un bisou langouse: To give a passionate 'French kiss'. -
96 metnbrineuse
n. f. 'Licker', 'clapper', tongue (also: menteuse). -
97 menteuse
n. f. 'Licker', 'clapper', tongue. -
98 mouillette
n. f.1. 'Soldier', sippet of bread ready for dunking.2. 'Licker', tongue.3. Y aller de la mouillette: To jump headlong into lengthy explanations.4. Aller à la mouillette: To take unnecessary risks. -
99 occasion
n. f.1. Faire d'occasion: To 'look the worse for wear', to look old. (In an ironical context, this can also apply to a person.)2. Il a perdu une bonne occasion de se taire: Silence is a virtue! — He'd have been better off holding his tongue. -
100 orbite
n. f. En placer un sur orbite: To 'sow one's wild oats' successfully, to get a girl pregnant. (There is tongue-in-cheek humour in the hors bite pun.)
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