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61 croûte
n. f.1. 'Grub', 'eats', food. La croûte ne valait pas cher: The grub wasn't up to much. Casser la croûte: To have a bite to eat, to have a snack.2. Gagner sa croûte: To 'bring home the bacon', to earn a living.3. 'Old dodderer', old fogey.4. 'Daub', inferior painting. Il s'imagine que ses croûtes valent une fortune: He's convinced those canvases of his are worth a bomb.5. Faire croûte (joc.): To be a 'wallflower', to sit through a whole ball without being invited to dance. -
62 fusil
n. m.1. 'Gut', 'belly', stomach. Se coller quelque chose dans lejusil: To have a bite to eat. Se bourrer le fusil: To 'stuff one's face', to eat immoderately.2. Coup de fusil: Exorbitant restaurant bill. ( Coup de fusil can sometimes refer to a restaurant known for its exorbitant prices.)3. Un logement en coup de fusil: A 'corridor flat', a long and narrow dwelling.4. Repousser du fusil: To have foul breath, to suffer from halitosis.5. Décharger son fusil: To 'juice off', to ejaculate. -
63 gamelle
n. f.a To 'bite the dust', to fall flat on one's face.b (fig.): To 'come unstuck', to 'come a cropper', to suffer a setback.2. S'accrocher une gamelle: To 'have to do without', to miss one's turn. -
64 gaufre
n. f.1. 'Mush', 'dial', face. Vise cette gaufre! (joc.): Look at that god- awful face! Se sucrer la gaufre: To 'powder one's nose', to put powder on one's face.2. 'Pancake', flat cap.3. 'Grub', 'eats', food. Viens donc à la gaufre chez nous ce soir: Come and have a bite with us tonight.4. 'Bloomer', 'boob', mistake. Il a encore fait une de ces gaufres: He's gone and put his foot in it again. Ramasser une gaufre:a (lit.): To fall flat on one's face, to fall down.b (fig.): To 'come unstuck', to 'come a cropper', to suffer a setback (also: ramasser une gamelle).5. Moule a gaufres: 'Duffer', 'nincompoop', idiot. -
65 graine
n. f.1. Monter en graine (of child): To 'shoot up', to grow quickly. Ah, les gosses ça monte vite en graine! Kids, before you know it, they've grown up!2. En prendre de la graine: To 'take a leaf out of someone's book', to follow someone's example.3. De la mauvaise graine (of person): A 'nasty piece of work', a disreputable character.4. Casser la graine: To have a bite to eat. -
66 grainer
v. intrans. To 'have a bite', to have a meal. -
67 lait
n. m.1. Avoir encore du lait dans le nez: To be 'still wet behind the ears', to lack maturity.2. Boire du ( petit) lait (where complimentary comments are concerned): To 'lap it all up', to take it all in eagerly.3. Ça se boit comme du petit lait (of innocuous-looking yet potent alcoholic drink): It's so good it just slips down your gullet.4. Etre soupe au lait: To be quick-tempered. Monter comme une soupe au lait: To flare up (usually over trifles).6. Etre une vache à lait (of man or woman): To be a 'soft-touch', to be generous to the point of stupidity where subs and gifts are concerned.7. Lait de poule (Drink): Egg-flip. -
68 occuper
v. pronom.1. S'occuper de ses affaires: To mind one's own business. C'est mes oignons, occupe-toi de tes affaires! Keep out of it, this is my pigeon!2. T'occupe! Mind your own bloody business! (The very brevity of this riposte gives it extra 'bite'.)3. Savoir s'occuper: To 'know one's way around', not to be lacking initiative when it comes to the crunch. -
69 orbite
n. f. En placer un sur orbite: To 'sow one's wild oats' successfully, to get a girl pregnant. (There is tongue-in-cheek humour in the hors bite pun.) -
70 paf
I.n. m.1. 'Prick', 'cock', penis.2. Etre beau comme un paf (joc. & iron.): To 'cut a dash', to look very handsome. (For reasons unknown to the authors, this expression is directly linked to the first meaning, an alternative being: être beau comme une bite en fleur.)3. 'Hitch', unexpected snag. Tomber sur un paf: To 'come a cropper', to suffer a setback (also: tomber sur un os, sur un bec).II.adj. inv.1. 'Pissed', 'sozzled', drunk.2. 'Bonkers', 'potty', mad. T'es complètement paf, non?! Are you crazy or something?! -
71 panthère
n. f.1. Ma panthère: The 'old battleaxe', my wife. (As the image might suggest, the wife in this instance is all tooth-and-claw, eager to keep her man; the expression is non-pejorative.)2. Lait de panthère: Pernod, pastis (because of its bite and its milky colour when mixed with water). -
72 piloches
n. f. pl 'Gnashers', 'choppers', teeth. Allez, on va se mettre quelque chose sous les piloches! Come on, let's have a bite to eat! -
73 pouce
n. m.1. Manger sur le pouce: To snatch a (quick) bite, to have the kind of snack-meal where no knives or forks are involved.2. Donner un coup de pouce à quelqu'un/ quelque chose: To give someone or something a push in the right direction, to lend a helping hand.3. Donner le coup de pouce: To give the finishing touch to something.4. Filer le coup de pouce (of dishonest shopkeeper): To tip the scales by some skilful legerdemain.5. Et le pouce (iron.): And a little bit more. 'Elle doit avoir trente ans, non?!' 'Trente ans et lepouce!' 'She's thirty, isn't she?' 'More like knocking on forty I'd say!'6. Mettre les pouces: To 'give in', to give up.7. Pouce! Pax! — I give in! (A hardy relic of Roman times, this interjection coupled with a thumbs-up sign has survived in school playgrounds and also drifted into everyday language.) -
74 saucissonner
I.v. trans.2. To 'collar', to arrest. (The implication here is that the suspect is shackled or tied up.)II.v. intrans. To have a bite to eat (the kind of picnic-like quick-meal so aptly described by the expression manger sur le pouce). -
75 suçon
n. m. 'Love-bite', suction mark left on the neck by an amorous and over- enthusiastic partner. -
76 vaseux
adj.1. (of idea, answer): 'Woolly', unclear. Il m'a fait des excuses plutôt vaseuses: His explanations were pretty muddled.2. (of comment, repartee): 'Weak', lacking bite and imagination. Il nous a sorti son répertoire d'astuces vaseuses! We were treated to his catalogue of feeble party jokes!3. Se sentir vaseux:a To feel 'muddle-headed', to be rather confused.b To feel 'off-colour', to be unwell. -
77 Bouchée
tiny mouthful; may refer to a bite-size pastry or to a vol-au-vent. -
78 Grenaille
Refers to small, bite-size new potato of any variety. -
79 Ratte
small, bite-size potatoes, often used for purées.
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