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61 ratissé
adj. 'Cleaned-out', penniless. -
62 rond
I.n. m.1. 'Brass', 'loot', money. Ça a dû te coûter des ronds! It must have cost you a packet! J'ai eu ça pour deux ronds! I got it for next to nothing! Ne pas avoir un rond: To be 'skint', 'broke', to be penniless. Il n'ajamais le rond! He never has two brass farthings to rub together!2. Ne pas être¼ pour deux ronds: Not to be in the least¼Il n'est pas mechant pour deux ronds! There's not an ounce of meanness in him!3. Faire des ronds dans l'eau: To while away the hours doing bugger-all, to be idle.4. En rester comme deux ronds de flan: To be 'knocked all of a heap', to be 'flabbergasted', to be dumbfounded.5. Le rond (also: la pièce de dix ronds): The arse-hole, the anal sphincter. Prendre du rond: To engage in sodomous intercourse. (The expression se manier le rond refers more generally to the behind and can be translated as to 'put one's skates on', to get a move on, to hurry up.)II.adj. 'Sozzled', 'sloshed', drunk. Il est rond comme une bourrique: He's pissed out of his tiny little mind.III.adv. Tourner rond: To go 'without a hitch', to run smoothly. Depuis qu'on a des commandes, ça tourne rond à l'usine: Since orders have been coming back in again, we seem to be holding our own at the factory. (The expression ça ne tourne pas rond when referring to a person suggests an unbalanced state of mind. Ça ne tourne pas rond avec lui, ces temps-ci! He's seemed to be going off his rocker lately!) -
63 rotin
n. m. Ne pas avoir un rotin: To be 'skint', 'broke', to be penniless. -
64 sans
prep. Etre sans un: To be 'skint', 'broke', to be penniless. -
65 sans-un
n. m. Penniless character (also: sans-le-sou). -
66 sec
I.n. f. inv. En cinq sec (abbr. en cinq secondes): 'ln two ticks', 'in two shakes of a lamb's tail', as quick as a flash.II.adj. inv.1. Etre à sec:a To be 'skint', 'broke', to be penniless. Je me suis fait mettre à sec au pok'! I got cleaned out in a friendly little game of poker!b To have run out of words or ideas (literally to have dried up).3. Rester sec (sch.): To be 'stumped for an answer' (literally to be left high and dry in front of an exam paper).III.adv.1. 'Neat', exactly. Ça lui a coûté toute sa paye sec: It just about cost him all his pay-packet. Ecoper huit ans sec (Prison slang): To get an eight-year stretch (actual incarceration, not a suspended sentence).2. Boire sec:a To down (a drink) rapidly.b To drink heavily. Au régiment il buvait sec, ce mec-là! When he was in the Forces, he used to knock 'em back something terrible! -
67 tapis
I.n. m.1. 'Dive', low-class drinking-hall. Au début de sa carrière elle chantait dans des tapis près de Montmartre: Long before she was a star, she sang in the clip-joints near Montmartre.2. Aller au tapis (Boxing): To hit the canvas, to suffer a knockdown.3. Tenir le tapis: To act the 'star' at a gathering or party.4. Amuser le tapis: To act the 'bundle of fun' at a party, to keep the company laughing.II.adj. inv. Etre tapis: To be 'skint', 'broke', to be penniless. -
68 tondu
I.n. m. (joc.): 'Baldie', bald-headed man. (This humorous appellation got an extra boost from the comic cartoon-strip 'Tif et Tondu'.)II.adj. 'Cleaned-out', 'skint', penniless through reckless gambling or careless spending. -
69 un
I.II.indef. pron. & num. adj.1. L'un dans l'autre: 'All in all', all things being considered. L'un dans l'autre, on ne s'en est pas trop mal tiré! You could say that the swings more than made up for the roundabouts!2. Et d'un! (Et d'une!):a Firstly, in the first instance. Et d'un, c'est moi qui gagne les sous, et de deux, t'es trop jeune! For a start, I'm the breadwinner, and anyway, you're underage!b So much for that! — That settles it!3. De deux choses l'une! It's either this or that! De deux choses l'une, tu restes ici ou tu viens avec nous! There's no umming and ahing, you either come with us or stay at home!4. Ne faire ni une ni deux: To have a go without further ado, to make one's mind up and act straight away.5. Il était moins une! It was a narrow squeak! — It was a close thing!6. Etre sans un: To be 'broke', 'skint', to be penniless.7. En+verb+un/ une: There are a number of set expressions in colloquial speech 'riding' an obvious ellipsis, such as: En griller une ( cigarette): To have a smoke. Ne pas en rater une ( sottise): To put one's foot in it every time. En coller un ( marron): To land a punch, etc. -
70 vacant
adj. 'Skint', 'broke', penniless. Compte pas sur lui, côté larfeuille il est vacant! I wouldn't bank on him, mate, I think he's skint! -
71 vague
I.n. m. Etre dans le vague:a To be 'in the clouds', to be miles and miles away in one's mind (also: planer).b To be 'in the dark' about something, not to be in the know. Te dire où il est, je suis plutôt dans le vague! I haven't the foggiest where he is!II.n. f. 'Bin', pocket. N'avoir rien dans les vagues: To be penniless. -
72 vidé
adj.1. 'Knackered', 'buggered', exhausted.2. 'Skint', 'broke', penniless.
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