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21 gueule
n. f.I.(A) General meaning: mouth.a To have a loud and booming voice.b To be 'foul-mouthed', to constantly use coarse language.2. Un coup de gueule: An angry verbal outburst. Leur vie est faite de coups de gueule: Their life is just one perpetual slanging match.3. Ta gueule! Shut your cakehole! — Shut up! (also: la ferme!).4. Avoir la gueule de bois: To 'have a hangover', to suffer the after-effects of a drinking bout.5. Etre une fine gueule: To be something of a gourmet.6. Etre porté sur la gueule: To be in the habit of over- indulging where food is concerned.II.(B) General meaning: face.a To look 'down in the mouth', to look ill.b To 'have an ugly mush', to be afflicted with an ugly face. Avoir une gueule à coucher dehors: To have a face like the back of a bus (literally to have features that would even get you turned away from a hostel for down-and-outs).2. Faire la gueule: To sulk, to act sullen and disapproving. Quand il est sorti, il poussait une de ces gueules: You should have seen the way he was scowling when he came out of the office.3. Se fendre la gueule: To 'split one's sides laughing', to have a jolly good laugh (also: se fendre le paraptuie).4. Se payer la gueule de quelqu'un: To 'take the mickey', to poke fun at someone.5. Casser la gueule à quelqu'un: To 'push someone's face in', to bash someone up.a (lit.): To fall flat on one's face, to fall to the ground.b (fig.): To 'come a cropper', to 'come unstuck', to suffer a major setback.7. Les Gueules Cassées: War veterans whose faces were disfigured in the war. (The appellation has become very familiar through a charity known by that name and indirectly sponsored by the Loterie Nationale.)III.(C) General meaning: looks, appearance.1. Avoir de la gueule (not necessarily of person): To look good. C'était un spectacle qui avait vraiment de la gueule: As a show it really stood out. C'est une fille qui a de la gueule: She really has what it takes! — There's a good-looking girl!2. Ça prend une sale gueule: Things are looking grim— Matters are taking a turn for the worse. -
22 valdingue
I.a To suffer a heavy fall (and usually get hurt in the process).b (fig.): To 'come a cropper', to suffer a serious (financial) setback.II.n. f. (corr. valise):1. Suitcase.2. La Grande Valdingue: Death. (The saying 'partir c'est mourir un peu' was once wittily paraphrased 'mourir c'est partir beaucoup'!) -
23 bûche
n. f.1. 'Thickie', 'blockhead', dunce.2. Match (from a matchbox).3. Lump found in cheap cigarettes, usually the unchopped stalk of a tobacco leaf.a To 'take a spill', to fall over (also: prendre un billet de parterre).b (fig.): To 'come a cropper', to suffer a serious setback. -
24 essuyer
v. trans.1. Essuyer le coup: To show one's feelings of disappointment at a setback.2. Essuyer les plâtres: To suffer teething problems in a new venture. (Originally the meaning of the expression was literal and referred to the problems experienced by someone moving into newly-built premises.)3. Essuyer lesplanches (th.): To have the difficult task of 'warming up an audience' at a variety show. -
25 pilule
n. f.1. Avaler la pilule (fig.): To 'fall for something', to be gullible. Et comment qu'il a avalé la pilule! He fell for it hook, line and sinker!2. Dorer la pilule: To 'sugar the pill', to give a silver lining to a grey cloud, to make things look better than they really are.4. Envoyer quelqu'un se faire dorer la pilule: To tell someone to 'get stuffed', to tell someone off in no uncertain manner. (Auguste Le Breton, in his L'ARGOT CHEZ LES VRAIS DE VRAI, sees in the expression a connection with buggery, much in the vein of the naval 'golden rivet'.)6. Prendre la pilule (fig.): To 'come a cropper', to suffer a serious setback. -
26 torche
n. f. Se mettre en torche:a (of parachute): To 'candle', to fail to unfurl.b (fig.): To 'come unstuck', to 'come a cropper', to suffer a serious setback. Nos ventes sont en torche! Our salesfigures have taken a nose-dive!
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