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81 filoneur
n. m. (also: filonneur): 'Shirker', idle so-and-so. (The kind of character who always seems to land the jobs where little work is entailed.) -
82 flânocheur
n. m. 'Loafer', idle and lazy person. -
83 fumiste
n. m.1. 'Slack-arse', 'lazy bugger', idle so-and-so.2. 'Leg-puller', practical joker. Comme fumiste, il se pose un peu! When it comes to hoaxes and leg-pulling, he's his own master. -
84 glander
v. intrans. To 'mooch', to laze about, to be idle. (The expression qu'est- ce que tu glandes? What are you doing? implies that the person concerned is doing very little.) -
85 glandeur
n. m.1. 'Lazy git', idle so-and-so.2. 'Superstud', highly-sexed man. C'est un sacré glandeur! He's a real ladies' man! -
86 glandouilleur
n. m. 'Lazy git', idle fellow. -
87 gouge
I.n. m. 'Layabout', idle character.II.n. f. N'avoir pas une gouge: To be 'broke', to be penniless. (Originally gouge referred to a five-franc piece, but successive devaluations and demonetizations have made it redundant.) -
88 jaspin
n. m. 'Chit-chat', idle conversation (also: jaspinage). -
89 jean-foutre
n. m. (pej.):1. 'Lazy git', idle fellow.2. 'Pillock', 'nincompoop', idiot. -
90 lard
n. m.1. Faire du lard: To 'run to fat' (by doing bugger-all), to grow fat and idle.2. Gros lard: 'Fatso', grossly overweight man.3. Sauter sur le lard à quelqu'un: To pounce on someone.4. Rentrer dans le lard à quelqu'un: To 'lam into', to aggress someone.5. Mettre le lard au saloir (joc.): To 'hit the sack', to get between the sheets.7. Se racler le lard: To 'scrape the stubble', to have a shave.8. Tête de lard:a 'Fat-head', fool.b 'Pig-head', obdurate character.9. Prendre tout sur son lard: To be 'ready to carry the can', to take full responsibility for something.10. Ne pas savoir si c'est du lard ou du cochon: Not to know what to make of something. -
91 lézard
n. m. 'Lazybones', idle fellow. Faire le lézard: To bask idly in the sun. -
92 lézarder
v. intrans. To laze about, to be totally idle. -
93 locdu
I.n. m.1. 'Weirdo', 'oddball', strange person.2. 'Nutter', 'loony', mad person.3. 'Slackarse', 'slacker', workshy person.4. Ugly person. (The feminine locdue exists but is seldom used.)II.adj.1. (of person): Weird, strange, bizarre.2. 'Bonkers', 'potty', mad.3. Workshy, idle.4. Ugly, unappealing.5. (of goods): 'Tatty', shoddy. -
94 main
n. f.1. Avoir la main heureuse: To 'have a knack with things', to be lucky by nature.2. Avoir la main baladeuse: To 'have wandering hands', to have a tendency to 'paw'.3. Avoir un poil dans la main: To be an 'idle git', to be a lazy so-and-so.4. Etre en main (of prostitute): To be with a client.5. Se faire la main: To 'try one's hand at something', to practise.6. Ça fait ma main! It suits me to a T! — That's fine by me!a To make a swoop for, to 'pinch', to steal.b To give a woman a sly stroke on the behind.8. Se prendre en main (joc.): To 'pull one's wire', to masturbate.9. Se prendre par la main: To pluck up courage, to act in a confident manner.10. Ne pas y aller de main morte: To 'make no bones about something', to be ruthlessly frank and aggressive.11. Passer la main dans le dos à quelqu'un: To 'butter up', to flatter someone. Il aime bien se passer la main dans le dos: He likes to pat himself on the back.12. Avoir un enfant de la main gauche: To have an illegitimate child.13. Ne pas se moucher de la main gauche (iron.): To 'fancy oneself', to have no mean opinion of oneself.14. C'est du cousu main: It's done to a turn—It's perfectly done.15. Passer la main:a To 'give in', to let someone else handle things.b To 'let things ride', to be amenable.16. La main de ma sœur dans la culotte d'un zouave: This jocular catch phrase has no specific meaning, but implies that whatever has been said or done is highly ridiculous. -
95 mollasson
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96 palmé
adj. Les avoir palmées: To be an idle so-and-so, to be as lazy as they come (also: avoir un poil dans la main). -
97 peau
n. f.2. Avoir quelqu'un dans la peau: To be 'hooked on someone' (very much in the vein of the American song 'I've got you under my skin').3. Porter à la peau de quelqu'un: To turn someone on, to titillate, to arouse someone's sexual desires. Elle nous porte tous à la peau au bureau! At the office she's made lechers of us all!4. Se sentir bien dans sa peau: To feel on top of the world and in the happiest frame of mind. Se sentir mal dans sa peau: To feel ill at ease.5. Traîner sa peau: To 'mooch about', to laze around.6. Faire peau neuve: To turn over a new leaf, to amend one's ways.7. Mettez-vous dans ma peau! Put yourself in my shoes!8. Avoir la peau trop courte: To be a 'lazybones', to be an idle so-and-so (also: les avoir palmées).9. Faire quelque chose pour la peau: To get bugger-all for one's efforts, to work for no recompense at all.10. Y laisser sa peau: To die, to fall victim to. (This expression can also have a figurative, less traumatic secondary meaning. Encore une hausse et nous y laisserons tous notre peau! Another price rise and we've had it!)11. Faire la peau à quelqu'un: To 'do someone in', to kill someone (usually through stabbing).12. J'aurai sa peau! I'll have his guts for garters! (The strong literal meaning 'I'll kill him!' is very seldom encountered.)13. Une peau de vache: A 'bastard', a mean and hateful character. Faire la peau de vache: To behave like a heel. (Peau de vache! and other expressions starting with peau de are all associated with verbal insults: Peau de fesses! You pillock! New ones come and go with the fluctuations of language.)14. Peau de balle (et balai de crin!): Bugger-all! — Damn all! On a touché peau de balle! We didn't get a penny for our efforts! (The latch-on et balai de crin bit of the expression turns it into a jocular catch phrase; the French have a penchant for such nonsense rhyme-like phrases.)15. En peau de lapin (of person): 'Two-bit', of no significance. Un politicien en peau de lapin: An 'all-talkand-no-action' politician.16. En peau de saucisson (of goods): 'Tatty' and worthless. Une valoche en peau de saucisson: A crappy little suitcase (literally, in this instance, made of the cheapest imitation leather).17. Une peau de banane (fig.): Booby-trap. Il est tombé sur une de ces peaux de banane! He fell right in it! -
98 qu'en-dira-t-on
n. m. inv. Le qu'en-dira-t-on: 'Tittle-tattle', idle gossip. Se moquer des qu'endira-t-on: To have no time for what people say. -
99 ragot
n. m.1. Semi-truth or out-and-out lie passed on by wagging tongues.2. (pl): 'Tittle-tattle', idle or malicious gossip. Faire des ragots: To spread rumours. -
100 ramier
I.n. m. 'Lazy-bones', work-shy character.II.adj. 'Slacking', idle, lazy.
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