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1 araignée
araignée [aʀeɲe]feminine nouna. ( = animal) spiderb. ( = crochet) grapnel* * *aʀeɲenom féminin Zoologie spiderPhrasal Verbs:••avoir une araignée au plafond — (colloq) to have a screw loose (colloq)
* * *aʀeɲe nf* * *araignée nfaraignée de mer spider crab.avoir une araignée au plafond○ to have a screw loose○, to have bats in the belfry○.[areɲe] nom féminin -
2 pépin
n. m.1. 'Brolly', umbrella.2. 'chute, parachute.3. 'Hitch', snag. On a eu quelques pépins en cours de route: We had to stop several times on the way.4. Accident, serious setback. Il leur est arrive un de ces pépins: They've come badly unstuck.5. Avoir un pépin dans la timbale: To have 'bats in the belfry', to be 'potty', to be mad.6. Avoir le pépin pour quelqu'un: To have a crush on someone, to be infatuated with someone.7. Avaler le pépin (joc.): To 'get in the pudding club', to get pregnant. -
3 chapeau
n. m.1. Chapeau! Congrats! — Good show! — Well done!2. Faire chapeau (of boat): To 'turn turtle', to capsize.a To be suspected of being a police informer.b To 'carry the can', to be made the scapegoat.4. Prendre un virage sur les chapeaux de roue (of car): To take a corner on two wheels.5. C'est comme si je pissais dans un chapeau de paille troué! It's like putting a poultice on a wooden leg! — It's totally useless!6. Travailler du chapeau: To 'have bats in the belfry', to be 'bonkers', to be mad.7. Etre envoyé au chapeau de paille: To be deported to a penal colony. (The expression died with the last convict on Devil's Island.)8. A plein chapeau (of radio, hi-fi): Full-blast, at top volume.9. Ne t'occupe pas du chapeau de la gamine! (joc. & iron.): Keep your nose out of this! — Mind your own business! -
4 chauve-souris
n. f. Avoir des chauves-souris au plafond: To 'have bats in the belfry', to be 'bonkers', to be mad. -
5 mansarde
n. f. 'Bean', 'bonce', head. Yoyoter (also: travailler) de la mansarde: To have 'bats in the belfry', to be a trifle mad. -
6 yoyoter
v. intrans. Yoyoter de la mansarde: To 'have bats in the belfry', to be bonkers, to be mad.
См. также в других словарях:
have bats in the belfry — ► have bats in the belfry informal be eccentric or mad. Main Entry: ↑bat … English terms dictionary
have bats in the belfry — phrasal : to be foolish, eccentric, or insane * * * have bats in the (or one s) belfry informal be eccentric or crazy … Useful english dictionary
have bats in the belfry — old fashioned to be crazy. Don t tell anyone else I said that or they ll think I ve got bats in the belfry … New idioms dictionary
bats\ in\ the\ belfry — • bats in one s belfry • bats in the belfry n. phr. slang Wild ideas in his mind; disordered senses; great mental confusion. When he talked about going to the moon he was thought to have bats in his belfry … Словарь американских идиом
have bats in the belfry — informal be eccentric or mad. → bat around/about … English new terms dictionary
bats in the/your belfry — see ↑belfry • • • Main Entry: ↑bat bats in the/your belfry informal + old fashioned ◇ To have bats in the belfry or (chiefly US) bats in your belfry is to be crazy. an old woman with bats in her belfry [=a crazy/batty old woman] • • • … Useful english dictionary
bats — predic.adj. sl. crazy. Etymology: f. phr. (have) bats in the belfry: see BAT(2) * * * I. plural of bat present third singular of bat II. ˈbats … Useful english dictionary
belfry — /ˈbɛlfri / (say belfree) noun (plural belfries) 1. a belltower, either attached to a church or other building or standing apart. 2. that part of a steeple or other structure in which a bell is hung. 3. a frame of timberwork which may sustain a… …
bats — adjective informal, dated (of a person) mad. Origin early 20th cent.: from the phr. have bats in the belfry (see bat2) … English new terms dictionary
belfry — noun a tower for a bell, especially on a church see also: have bats in the belfry bat 1 (8) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bats, be — Be crazy or eccentric. Also have bats in the belfry … A concise dictionary of English slang