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121 élastique
n. m. Les lacher avec un élastique'. To be 'tight-fisted', to be mean with money. -
122 fuseaux
n. m. pl.1. 'Pegs', 'gambs', legs. Se manier les fuseaux: To 'skedaddle', to hurry off.2. 'Drainpipes', tight-fitting trousers.3. Skiing trousers. -
123 large
I.n. m.1. Prendre le large: To 'make oneself scarce', to 'vamoose', to clear off.2. Gagner le large: To 'get out of harm's way', to steer clear of trouble.3. Donner du large à quelqu'un: To 'give someone a wide berth', to carefully avoid someone.II.adj.1. L'avoir large: To have 'the luck of the devil', to be extremely fortunate.2. Ne pas être large du dos: To be 'tight-fisted', to be mean.III.adv. Ne pas en mener large: To feel deflated and down-in-the-mouth, to be crestfallen. -
124 malade
adj.1. Etre malade du pouce (iron.): To be 'tight-fisted', 'stingy', to be mean.2. Non mais, tu es malade?! Are you out of your tiny little mind?! — You must be joking! -
125 morlingue
n. m.1. Purse.2. Wallet. Etre constipé du morlingue (also: avoir des oursins dans le morlingue): To be 'tight-fisted', to be 'stingy', to be mean. (Originally, morlingue referred exclusively to a purse, but with demonetization and the passing of time, paper money has come into its own and ousted the heavy gold coin in favour of the banknote.) -
126 nickelé
adj. Avoir les pieds nickelés:a To be a 'jammy bugger', to have the luck of the devil. (The Pieds-Nickelés, the creation of the humorous cartoonist Louis Forton, are three happy-go-lucky characters who boomerang from rags to riches and back to rags in every episode. Their ability to fall back on their feet and laugh at adversity was and is their trademark as their hilarious cartoon capers are forever being revived.)b To sit tight, to refuse to budge. (This expression is often used in a work context when referring to an obstreperous employee.) -
127 œuf
n. m.1. 'Pill', 'pillock', fool. Faire l'œuf: To arse about. Cesse de faire l'œuf! Stop mucking about!2. Aux œufs: 'A-1', 'champion', firstclass. Comme boulot, c'est aux œufs! That's what I'd call a plum job!3. Casser son œuf: To have a miscarriage.4. Avoir des œufs sur le plat: To have 'poached-egg-on-toast boobs', to have an insignificant bust.a (lit.): To walk carefully (because of pain).b (fig.): To tread warily.6. Sortir de l'œuf: To be 'as green as they come', to be totally lacking experience (where life is concerned).7. Etouffer quelque chose dans l'œuf: To 'nip something in the bud', to abort an enterprise or rumour in its early stages.8. Etre chauve comme un œuf: To be as bald as a coot.9. 'I'ondre des œufs: To be a 'skinflint', to be as mean as they come.10. Qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf: Once a thief, always a thief!11. Aller se faire cuire un œuf: To 'get knotted', to go to blazes. Va te faire cuire un oeuf! Get stuffed! (The expression aller se faire cuire un œuf, because of its very nature, is quite interjection-loaded.)12. Plein comme un œuf: 'As tight as a tick', as drunk as a lord.13. L'avoir dans l'œuf: To have been 'conned', 'diddled', to have been swindled.14. (pl.): 'Nuts', 'balls', testicles.15. Œuf corse! (joc.): Absoballylutely! — Of course! -
128 oursin
n. m. Avoir des oursins dans le morlingue: To be 'tight-fisted', to be mean. (The literal meaning is 'to have sea-urchins in one's purse', hence the reluctance to dip into it.)
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