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1 engueulade
engueulade (inf!) [ɑ̃gœlad]feminine noun( = dispute) row ; ( = réprimande) bawling out (inf!)• passer une engueulade à qn to bawl sb out (inf!)* * *ɑ̃ɡœlad nf ** * *engueulade◑ nf1 ( dispute) row (avec with; entre between);2 ( réprimande) une engueulade a telling off; après trois engueulades after having been told off three times.(très familier) [ɑ̃gɶlad] nom féminin -
2 pétarder
v. trans. reflex.1. To 'have a set-to', to have a fight.2. To 'have a slanging match', to have a violent argument with someone. -
3 engueuler
I.v. trans. To 'haul over the coals', to 'give someone a dressing-down', to tell off in no uncertain manner. Il s'est fait engueuler comme du poisson pourri: He got a right rollicking (also: passer un savon à quelqu'un).II.v. trans. reflex. To have a 'barney', to have a row. S'engueuler ferme: To have a slanging match. -
4 suiffer
v. trans. reflex. To 'have a slanging match', to have a vociferous row. -
5 gueule
n. f.I.(A) General meaning: mouth.a To have a loud and booming voice.b To be 'foul-mouthed', to constantly use coarse language.2. Un coup de gueule: An angry verbal outburst. Leur vie est faite de coups de gueule: Their life is just one perpetual slanging match.3. Ta gueule! Shut your cakehole! — Shut up! (also: la ferme!).4. Avoir la gueule de bois: To 'have a hangover', to suffer the after-effects of a drinking bout.5. Etre une fine gueule: To be something of a gourmet.6. Etre porté sur la gueule: To be in the habit of over- indulging where food is concerned.II.(B) General meaning: face.a To look 'down in the mouth', to look ill.b To 'have an ugly mush', to be afflicted with an ugly face. Avoir une gueule à coucher dehors: To have a face like the back of a bus (literally to have features that would even get you turned away from a hostel for down-and-outs).2. Faire la gueule: To sulk, to act sullen and disapproving. Quand il est sorti, il poussait une de ces gueules: You should have seen the way he was scowling when he came out of the office.3. Se fendre la gueule: To 'split one's sides laughing', to have a jolly good laugh (also: se fendre le paraptuie).4. Se payer la gueule de quelqu'un: To 'take the mickey', to poke fun at someone.5. Casser la gueule à quelqu'un: To 'push someone's face in', to bash someone up.a (lit.): To fall flat on one's face, to fall to the ground.b (fig.): To 'come a cropper', to 'come unstuck', to suffer a major setback.7. Les Gueules Cassées: War veterans whose faces were disfigured in the war. (The appellation has become very familiar through a charity known by that name and indirectly sponsored by the Loterie Nationale.)III.(C) General meaning: looks, appearance.1. Avoir de la gueule (not necessarily of person): To look good. C'était un spectacle qui avait vraiment de la gueule: As a show it really stood out. C'est une fille qui a de la gueule: She really has what it takes! — There's a good-looking girl!2. Ça prend une sale gueule: Things are looking grim— Matters are taking a turn for the worse. -
6 expliquer
I.v. pronom. To be 'on the game', to practise prostitution.II.v. trans. reflex.1. To 'have it out' manto-man, to have the nearest thing to a slanging match.2. To 'have a set-to', to come to blows.
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