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1 guêpier
guêpier [gepje]masculine noun( = piège) trap* * *gepjenom masculin1) ( nid de guêpes) wasps' nest2) ( situation difficile) tight cornerdans quel guêpier es-tu allé te fourrer? — (colloq) what kind of mess have you got GB ou gotten US yourself into?
* * *ɡepje nmfig trap* * *guêpier nm1 ( nid de guêpes) wasps' nest;2 ( situation difficile) tight corner; se fourrer○ dans/se sortir d'un guêpier to get oneself into/out of a tight corner; dans quel guêpier es-tu allé te fourrer○? what kind of mess have you got GB ou gotten US yourself into?;3 ( oiseau) bee-eater.[gepje] nom masculin1. [nid de guêpes] wasp's nest2. [situation périlleuse] sticky situationil s'est fourré ou mis dans un beau guêpier he got himself into a sticky situation -
2 mélasse
mélasse [melas]feminine noun* * *melas1) Culinaire black treacle GB, molasses (pl)2) (colloq) ( boue) muck; ( brouillard) murk3) (colloq) ( confusion) shambles (colloq) (sg), mess* * *melas nftreacle, molasses sg* * *mélasse nfêtre dans la mélasse○ to be in a mess○.[melas] nom féminin2. (familier) [brouillard] pea-soupera. (figuré) [avoir des ennuis] to be in a jam ou a fix ou a pickleb. [être sans argent] to be hard up -
3 béchamel
I.n. f. (fig.): 'Sticky situation'. Il se trouvait dans une méchante béchamel: He was in a right old fix.II.adj. 'Show-off', pretentious. -
4 marécageux
marécageux, -euse [maʀekaʒø, øz]adjective[terrain, zone] marshy* * *- euse maʀekaʒø, øz adjectif1) lit [sol] marshy, swampy; [faune, flore] marsh (épith)2) fig [terrain, situation] sticky (colloq)* * *maʀekaʒø, øz adj (-euse)marshy, swampy* * *marécageux, - euse adj2 fig [terrain, situation] sticky○.( féminin marécageuse) [marekaʒø, øz] adjectif[champ] boggy[plante] marsh (modificateur) -
5 coaltar
n. m.1. Etre dans le coaltar (fig.): To be in a 'sticky mess', to find oneself in an awkward situation.2. 'Plonk', cheap red wine. -
6 colletar
n. m.1. Etre dans le colletar (fig.): To be in a 'sticky mess', to find oneself in an awkward situation.2. 'Plonk', cheap red wine. -
7 fourbi
n. m.1. (mil.): 'Kit', military pack.2. 'Gear', personal belongings.3. (pej.): 'Doodah', 'gubbins', contraption. Et comment que ça marche, ce fourbi-là? How the hell do you get this thing to work?4. 'Sticky mess', complicated situation. Quel sale fourbi! This is a real cock-up, isn't it?! C'est tout un fourbi! What a mix-up! Il nous a laissé un de ces fourbis arabes! He really left us holding the baby!5. Tout le fourbi: 'The whole shebang', 'the whole shooting match', the whole set-up. -
8 pétrin
n. m. 'Spot', fix, lumber. Etre dans un sacré (also: joli) pétrin: To be 'up a gum-tree'. Tu m'as mis dans un de ces pétrins! Another fine mess you got me into! (The 'straight' meaning of pétrin: kneading-trough, helps to understand its colloquial extension, the sticky contents of the above being equatable with a problem or situation one cannot get clear of.) -
9 sirop
n. m.1. (abbr. sirop de canard, or de grenouille, also sirop de parapluie): 'Adam's ale', 'corporation pop', water.2. Water surface (lake, river, sea). Aller au sirop: To 'fall into the soup'.3. 'Watering-hole', low-class pub. Comme plus d'un boxeur, près de la retraite, il ne pensait qu'à avoir son propre sirop! Like many a punch-drunk boxer, he fancied owning a little pub of his own!4. 'Booze', liquor, alcoholic beverage. Avoir (also: tenir) un coup de sirop: To have had 'one over the eight', to be 'tipsy', to be slightly drunk. Quand sa bonne femme l'a plaqué, il s'est mis au sirop: When his missus left him he took to drink.5. 'Sticky mess', 'fix', awkward situation. On s'est retrouvés dans un de ces sirops après la grève! The strike left us in one hell of a mess!6. Tomber dans le sirop: To 'keel over', to 'pass out', to faint.
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