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1 vanne
vanne [van]feminine noun* * *van1) ( de barrage) gate; (d'écluse, de moulin) sluice gate2) (colloq) ( propos) dig (colloq)envoyer une vanne or des vannes à quelqu'un — to have a dig at somebody (colloq)
••ouvrir les vannes — (colloq) to make funds available
fermer les vannes — (colloq) to cut funding
* * *van nf1) [barrage, écluse] gate2) (= remarque) * dig * crack *lancer une vanne à qn — to have a go at sb * Grande-Bretagne to knock sb *
* * *vanne nf1 ( de barrage) gate; (d'écluse, de moulin) sluice gate;2 ○( propos) dig○; envoyer une vanne or des vannes à qn to have a dig at sb○.vanne de décharge Tech floodgate; vanne glissante Tech slide gate; vanne levante Tech lift gate; vanne roulante Tech roller gate; vanne de sécurité Ind ( dans un forage pétrolier) kelly cock; vanne de vidange sluice gate.ouvrir les vannes○ to make funds available; fermer les vannes○ to cut funding.[van] nom féminin1. [d'une écluse] sluicegate[d'un moulin] hatch2. [robinet] stopcocklancer ou envoyer une vanne à quelqu'un to have a dig at somebody -
2 miauler
v. intrans.1. To 'moan and groan', to complain.2. To 'open the floodgates', to 'have a bout of the weepies', to cry. -
3 écluses
n. f. pl. Ouvrir les écluses: To 'open the floodgates', to burst into tears. -
4 fontaine
n. f. Faire couler la fontaine (fig.): To 'open the floodgates', to shed abundant tears (also: ouvrir les écluses). -
5 robinet
n. m.1. 'Yapper', incessant talker. Quel robinet d'eau tiède! What a wet waffler he is!2. 'Gob', mouth (where speech is concerned only). Ferme ton robinet! Shut your cakehole!
См. также в других словарях:
open the floodgates — Ⅰ. open the floodgates (to sb/sth) ► to make a lot of people do something by removing a rule that stopped it being possible before, especially when you do not want this to happen: »Banks feared the legal action could open the floodgates for… … Financial and business terms
open the floodgates to sb — Ⅰ. open the floodgates (to sb/sth) ► to make a lot of people do something by removing a rule that stopped it being possible before, especially when you do not want this to happen: »Banks feared the legal action could open the floodgates for… … Financial and business terms
open the floodgates to sb/sth — Ⅰ. open the floodgates (to sb/sth) ► to make a lot of people do something by removing a rule that stopped it being possible before, especially when you do not want this to happen: »Banks feared the legal action could open the floodgates for… … Financial and business terms
open the floodgates to sth — Ⅰ. open the floodgates (to sb/sth) ► to make a lot of people do something by removing a rule that stopped it being possible before, especially when you do not want this to happen: »Banks feared the legal action could open the floodgates for… … Financial and business terms
open the floodgates — To remove all restrictions or controls • • • Main Entry: ↑flood * * * open the floodgates phrase to suddenly make it possible or easier for a lot of things to happen Political reforms have opened the floodgates to foreign investment. Thesaurus:… … Useful english dictionary
open the floodgates for sth — open the floodgates (to/for sth) ► to allow a new situation or activity to develop and become very common: »Changes being considered could open the floodgates and allow foreign markets to sell almost any stock to almost anyone in this country.… … Financial and business terms
open the floodgates to/for sth — open the floodgates (to/for sth) ► to allow a new situation or activity to develop and become very common: »Changes being considered could open the floodgates and allow foreign markets to sell almost any stock to almost anyone in this country.… … Financial and business terms
open the floodgates — If you open the floodgates, you make something possible to happen that had been difficult, illegal or impossible … The small dictionary of idiomes
open the floodgates — If someone or something opens the floodgates, they release something that had previously been held under control. It is feared that easing price controls will open the floodgates to inflation … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
open the floodgates — if an action or a decision opens the floodgates, it allows something to happen a lot or allows many people to do something that was not previously allowed. If they win their case it could open the floodgates to others with similar compensation… … New idioms dictionary
open the floodgates — {v. phr.} To let loose an outburst of human activity or emotion. * /It would open the floodgates of anger and discontent if the university raised tuition too soon./ … Dictionary of American idioms
