you're talking nonsense

Cf: The moon is made of green cheese (Am., Br.)

raconter [ʀakɔ̃te]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. [+ histoire] to tell

• raconter qch à qn to tell sb sth

• raconter sa vie to tell one's life story

• il nous a raconté ses malheurs he told us about his misfortunes

• elle m'a raconté qu'elle t'avait rencontré she told me that she had met you

• on raconte que... people say that...

• le témoin a raconté ce qui s'était passé the witness described what had happened

• il raconte bien he tells a good story

• alors, raconte ! come on, tell me!

• je te raconte pas ! (inf) you wouldn't believe it!

   b. ( = dire de mauvaise foi) qu'est-ce que tu racontes ? what on earth are you talking about?

• il raconte n'importe quoi he's talking nonsense

• raconter des histoires to tell stories

• il a été raconter qu'on allait divorcer he's been telling people we're getting divorced

2. reflexive verb

► se raconter [écrivain] to talk about o.s.

• se raconter des histoires ( = se leurrer) to lie to o.s.

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1) ( relater) [personne] to tell [histoire]; [film, livre] to tell [histoire]; to describe [fait, épisode, rencontre, amitié, vie, accident]

2) ( prétendre) to say

3) ( dépeindre) liter [personne] to describe [époque, mœurs, pays]

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[histoire] to tell

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raconter verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( relater) [personne] to tell [histoire]; [film, livre] to tell [histoire]; to describe [fait, épisode]; to recount [bataille]; to describe [rencontre, amitié, vie]; raconter en détail to describe in detail; alors! raconte! tell me all about it then!; après l'accident les témoins racontent after the accident, witnesses describe how it happened; la pièce raconte l'histoire d'une femme the play tells the story of a woman; ne nous raconte pas ta vie don't tell us your life-story; raconte-nous ce qui s'est passé tell us what happened; raconter à qn comment/pourquoi/où to tell sb how/why/where; il leur a raconté comment il s'était échappé he told them how he had escaped; il raconte bien/mal he's a good/bad storyteller; je suis tombée en panne, je te raconte pas○! my car broke down, I'll spare you the details!; tu racontes n'importe quoi! you're talking nonsense!;

2 ( prétendre) to say; raconter que to say that; on raconte que it is said that; il nous a raconté qu'il s'était perdu he told us that he had got GB ou gotten US lost; tu sais ce qu'on raconte sur toi? do you know what people are saying about you?; qu'est-ce que tu racontes? what are you talking about?; on raconte beaucoup de sottises à son sujet a lot of silly things are said about him/her;

3 ( dépeindre) liter [personne] to describe [époque, mœurs, pays].

B se raconter vpr ( parler de soi) to talk about oneself.

[rakɔ̃te] verbe transitif

1. [conte, histoire] to tell

2. [événement, voyage] to tell, to relate

3. [dire] to tell

qu'est-ce que tu racontes (de beau)? so, what's new?

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se raconter verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

[événement]

il faut l'avoir vécu, ça ne se raconte pas I couldn't describe what it was like

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se raconter verbe pronominal intransitif

[personne] to talk about oneself

1 foolish action, folly, foolish thing to do, silly thing.

2 foolish thing to say, foolish statement.

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► nombre femenino

1 silliness, foolishness

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decir bobadas to talk nonsense

hacer bobadas to act the fool

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SF silly thing, stupid thing

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= humbug.

Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.

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deja de hacer bobadas stop being so stupid o silly, stop acting the fool

dijo muchas bobadas he said a lot of silly things, he talked a lot of nonsense

deja de decir bobadas stop talking nonsense o being silly

¡qué bobada! what a silly thing to do/say!

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◊ deja de hacer bobadas stop being so stupid o silly;

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bobada, bobería nf

1. [estupidez] stupid thing;

decir una bobada to say something stupid;

decir bobadas to talk nonsense;

hacer una bobada to do something stupid;

hacer bobadas to mess about;

no voy a cometer la bobada de decírselo I'm not going to be so stupid as to tell her

2. [cosa sin importancia] silly little thing;

se enfada por bobadas she gets angry over silly little things;

no te gastes mucho, cómprale alguna bobada don't go spending a lot, just get him something little

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f piece of nonsense

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bobada nf

: folly, nonsense

bêtise [betiz]

   a. ( = stupidité) stupidity

• j'ai eu la bêtise d'accepter I was stupid enough to accept

   b. ( = action stupide) silly thing ; ( = erreur) blunder

• ne dis pas de bêtises don't talk nonsense

• ne faites pas de bêtises, les enfants don't get up to any mischief, children

• faire une bêtise ( = action stupide, tentative de suicide) to do something stupid ; ( = erreur) to make a blunder

   c. ( = bagatelle) se disputer pour des bêtises to argue about nothing

   d. ( = bonbon) bêtise de Cambrai ≈ mint humbug (Brit), ≈ piece of hard mint candy (US)

   e. (Canadian = insulte) insult

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- bêtise de Cambrai

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1) [comportement, remarque] stupidity

2) (= action) stupid thing, (= remarque) stupid remark, stupid thing

3) (= bonbon) type of mint sweet Grande-Bretagne ou candy USA

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bêtise nf

1 ( défaut d'intelligence) stupidity; je ne supporte pas la bêtise I can't stand stupidity; il est d'une bêtise incroyable he's incredibly stupid; c'est de la bêtise de dire une chose pareille it's stupid to say such a thing; tu as eu la bêtise de le faire you were stupid enough to do it;

2 ( acte stupide) act of stupidity; ( parole irréfléchie) mistake; ( parole stupide) nonsense ¢; faire une bêtise [enfant, adulte] to do something stupid ou a stupid thing; excusez-moi, j'ai dit une bêtise I'm sorry, I said something stupid; arrête de dire des bêtises stop talking nonsense; j'ai fait une bêtise en acceptant I was stupid to accept; surtout pas de bêtises! be good now!; faire une grosse bêtise to do something really stupid;

3 ( futilité) se fâcher pour une bêtise to get angry over nothing.

bêtise de Cambrai Culin mint.

[betiz] nom féminin

1. [stupidité] idiocy, foolishness, stupidity

2. [remarque] silly ou stupid remark

3. [action] stupid thing, piece of foolishness ou idiocy

4. [vétille] trifle

5. CUISINE

dérailler [deʀαje]

➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb

   a. [train] to derail

• faire dérailler [+ train, négociations] to derail

   b. ( = divaguer) (inf) to talk nonsense ; ( = mal fonctionner) (inf) to be on the blink (inf)

• tu dérailles ! ( = tu es fou) you're crazy! (inf) ; ( = tu te trompes) you're talking nonsense!

• son père déraille complètement ( = est gâteux) his father has lost his marbles (inf)

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verbe intransitif

1) Chemin de Fer to be derailed

2) (colloq) ( perdre l'esprit) [vieillard] to go senile, to lose one's marbles (colloq); ( tenir des propos incohérents) to rave, to ramble; ( se tromper) to talk through one's hat (colloq)

3) [voix] ( chantée) to waver; ( parlée) to crack; [instrument] to go out of pitch

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1) [train] to derail, to be derailed

2) * to be off one's rocker *

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dérailler verb table: aimer vi

1 Rail to derail, to go off the rails; faire dérailler un train to derail a train;

2 ○( perdre l'esprit) [vieillard] to go senile, to lose one's marbles○; ( tenir des propos incohérents) to rave, to ramble; ( se tromper) to talk through one's hat○; mais tu dérailles! you're talking through your hat○!;

3 [voix] ( chantée) to waver; ( parlée) to crack; [instrument] to go out of pitch.

[deraje] verbe intransitif

1. RAIL to go off ou to leave the rails

2. (familier) [fonctionner mal] to be on the blink

3. (familier) [déraisonner] to go off the rails

[se tromper] to talk through one's hat

tort [tɔʀ]

   a. ( = action, attitude blâmable) fault

• il a un tort, c'est de trop parler his one fault is that he talks too much

• il a le tort d'être trop jeune the only trouble with him is that he's too young

• il a eu le tort d'être impoli avec le patron he made the mistake of being rude to the boss

• ils ont tous les torts de leur côté the fault is entirely on their side

• les torts sont du côté du mari the fault lies with the husband

• être en tort to be in the wrong

• avoir des torts envers qn to have wronged sb

• il n'a aucun tort he's not at fault

• il a reconnu ses torts he acknowledged that he had done something wrong

• vous avez refusé ? c'est un tort did you refuse? - you shouldn't have

   b. ( = dommage, préjudice) wrong

• redresser un tort to right a wrong

• faire or causer du tort à qn to harm sb

• ça ne fait de tort à personne it doesn't harm anybody

• il s'est fait du tort he has harmed himself

   c. (locutions)

► dans son tort

• être dans son tort to be in the wrong

• se mettre dans son tort to put o.s. in the wrong

• il venait de ma droite, j'étais dans mon tort (en voiture) he was coming from the right, I was at fault► avoir tort to be wrong

• il a tort de se mettre en colère he's wrong to get angry

• il n'a pas tout à fait tort de dire que... he's not altogether wrong in saying that...

• tu aurais bien tort de ne pas le faire ! you'd be crazy not to do it!► donner tort à qn ( = blâmer) to lay the blame on sb ; ( = ne pas être d'accord avec) to disagree with sb

• les événements lui ont donné tort events proved him wrong► à tort [soupçonner, accuser] wrongly

► à tort ou à raison rightly or wrongly

► à tort et à travers

• dépenser à tort et à travers to spend money like water

• il parle à tort et à travers he talks a lot of rubbish (inf)

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nom masculin

1) ( défaut de raison)

2) ( faute) fault

3) ( erreur) mistake

4) ( préjudice) wrong

à tort locution adverbiale [accuser] wrongly

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1. nm

1) (= défaut)

2) (= préjudice)

2. torts nmpl

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tort

A nm

1 ( défaut de raison) avoir tort to be wrong (de faire to do); il a eu tort de les licencier he was wrong to fire ou dismiss them; on aurait tort de croire que c'est facile it would be wrong ou a mistake to think it's easy; il n'a pas tout à fait tort de dire ça he's not entirely wrong in saying that; tu n'as pas tort de les laisser tomber! I don't blame you for dropping them!; j'aurais bien tort de m'inquiéter ! it would be silly of me to worry!; être en tort, être dans son tort to be in the wrong; se mettre/mettre qn en tort to put oneself/sb in the wrong; donner tort à qn [arbitre, juge] to blame sb; [faits, réalité] to prove sb wrong; ⇒ absent;

2 ( faute) fault; les torts sont partagés there are faults on both sides; tous les torts sont de leur côté it's all their fault, they're entirely to blame; prendre tous les torts à son compte to take all the blame ou all responsibility; reconnaître ses torts to acknowledge that one has done wrong; avoir des torts envers qn to have wronged sb; le jugement a été prononcé à leurs torts Jur the case went against them; divorce prononcé aux torts du mari Jur divorce granted against the husband;

3 ( erreur) mistake; c'est un tort de s'imaginer que… it's a mistake to think that…; j'ai eu le tort de le croire I made the mistake of believing him; c'est le grand tort que tu as eu that's where you went wrong, that was your big mistake; mon tort, c'est d'être trop impulsif my trouble is that I am too impulsive;

4 ( préjudice) wrong; demander réparation d'un tort to demand compensation for a wrong; faire du or porter tort à qn/qch to harm sb/sth; ça ne fait de tort à personne it doesn't do anybody any harm, it doesn't hurt anybody.

B à tort loc adv [accuser] wrongly; à tort ou à raison rightly or wrongly; à tort et à travers [dépenser] wildly; parler à tort et à travers to talk a lot of nonsense.

[tɔr] nom masculin

1. (sans article)

avoir tort [se tromper] to be wrong

donner tort à quelqu'un [désapprouver] to disagree with somebody

2. [défaut, travers] fault, shortcoming

3. [dommage] wrong

a. [personne] to harm a cause

b. [initiative] to be detrimental to a cause

4. [part de responsabilité] fault

a. [généralement] to be entirely to blame

b. [dans un accident] to be fully responsible

c. [dans un divorce] to be the guilty party

j'ai des torts envers eux I have done them wrong

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à tort locution adverbiale

1. [faussement] wrongly, mistakenly

2. [injustement] wrongly

à tort ou à raison locution adverbiale

à tort et à travers locution adverbiale

elle dépense son argent à tort et à travers money burns a hole in her pocket, she spends money like water

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dans mon tort locution adverbiale,

dans son tort etc. locution adverbiale

mettre quelqu'un dans son tort to make somebody appear to be in the wrong

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en tort locution adverbiale

I'm sorry, but you're wrong. Je regrette, mais vous avez tort

You've got it all wrong. Vous vous trompez complètement

You're completely missing the point. Vous n'y êtes pas du tout

With all due respect, I think you're mistaken. Si je peux me permettre, je pense que vous vous trompez

That can't be right, surely. Ça ne peut pas être ça, si?

Actually, that's not strictly true. En fait, ce n'est pas tout à fait exact

I think you'll find it's French, not Spanish. Je pense que c'est du français, et pas de l'espagnol

No, that's not what I meant at all. Non, ce n'est pas du tout ce que je voulais dire

That's nonsense ou rubbish familier! N'importe quoi!

vaneggiare v. intr. to rave: quando aveva la febbre alta vaneggiava, when he had a high temperature he was delirious; stai vaneggiando?, are you raving?

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verbo intransitivo (aus. avere) [folle, malato] to rave, to wander

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vaneggiare

/vaned'dʒare/ [1]

verbo intransitivo

(aus. avere) [folle, malato] to rave, to wander; tu vaneggi! fig. you're talking nonsense! you're raving!

absurdité [apsyʀdite]

• dire des absurdités to talk nonsense

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1) ( caractère) absurdity

2) (acte, parole) nonsense [U]

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absurdité nf

1 ( caractère) absurdity; l'absurdité de ses déclarations/de l'existence the absurdity of his statements/of existence;

2 (acte, parole) nonsense ¢, absurdity; quelle absurdité! what nonsense!, what an absurdity!; sa démission est une absurdité his resignation is a nonsense; il ne dit que des absurdités he talks nothing but nonsense; techniquement c'est une absurdité it's a technical nonsense.

[apsyrdite] nom féminin

1. [irrationalité] absurdity

2. [parole, action] absurdity

imbécillité [ɛ̃besilite]

• tu racontes des imbécillités you're talking nonsense

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nom féminin stupidity

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1) (= bêtise) idiocy

2) (= parole) stupid thing

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imbécillité nf

1 ( manque d'intelligence) stupidity; avoir l'imbécillité de faire to be stupid enough to do; il est d'une imbécillité rare he's exceptionally stupid;

2 ( manifestation de bêtise) cesse de faire des imbécillités! stop acting like an idiot!; cesse de dire des imbécillités! don't talk such nonsense!; quelle imbécillité! ( œuvre) what rubbish! GB, what garbage! US; ( acte) what a stupid thing to do!; ( propos) what nonsense!

[ɛ̃besilite] nom féminin

1. [caractère] stupidity, idiocy

2. [parole] nonsense (substantif non comptable)

[acte] stupid behaviour (substantif non comptable)

3. MÉDECINE (vieilli) imbecility

"1. remark; word. 2. expression, utterance, statement. 3. empty words, hot air, nothing but talk. 4. conversation, talk. 5. the subject of a conversation. 6. What nonsense!/That´s bull! -ı ağzında gevelemek to talk around the subject; not to come out with what´s on one´s mind. -ı ağzından kaçırmak to let something slip, say something inadvertently, let the cat out of the bag. -ı ağzında kalmak to be unable to finish what one was saying; (for someone) suddenly to go silent. - altında kalmamak to give as good as one gets (in an argument). -ı ağzına tıkamak /ın/ to shut (someone) up. - anlamaz 1. thickheaded; stupid. 2. obstinate, muleheaded. - anlatmak /a/ to try to bring (someone) round (to one´s own point of view), try to make (someone) understand something. - aramızda.... colloq. This is just between you and me./Let´s keep this to ourselves./Entre nous. - atmak 1. /a/ to make a rude remark about (someone) within his hearing. 2. /a/ to make an improper innuendo or suggestion to (a woman one doesn´t know), proposition. 3. to have a chat. -ını/ -ınızı balla kestim. colloq. Excuse me for interrupting you. -ını bilmek to think before one opens one´s mouth, be careful about what one says. -a boğmak /ı/ to drown (a topic) in a flood of words. -ı çevirmek/değiştirmek to change the subject. - çıkmak for a rumor to start going around. -ı çiğnemek to beat around the bush. -a dalmak to become lost in conversation. - değil. colloq. It´s serious./This isn´t just idle talk. - dinlemek to heed what one is told; to act on someone´s advice. - dokundurmak /a/ to make wisecracks (about), make barbed remarks (about). - düşmemek /a/ 1. for there to be no need for (someone) to talk. 2. (for someone) not to get a chance to speak. - etmek 1. /ı/ to gossip about (something). 2. /la/ to talk (with), chat (with). -ını etmek /ın/ to talk about (something). -ın gümrüğünü vermek slang to start yakking again; to keep on yakking. - işitmek to get a dressing down. - kaldıramamak not to be able to take a joke, not to be able to take it. - kıtlığında asmalar budayayım. colloq. You´re talking nonsense! - körüğü windbag (person). - lafı açar. colloq. One topic leads to another. -ı mı olur? colloq. Don´t mention it!/It´s a pleasure! (said to someone for whom one has done or wishes to do a favor). - ola. colloq. What hogwash!/It´s just so much hot air! - olur. colloq. There´ll be gossip./It´ll set tongues wagging. - olsun diye (saying something) just to make conversation, merely for the sake of saying it. -la peynir gemisi yürümez. proverb Mere talk won´t get anything done. - söyledi balkabağı. colloq. You´re full of bull! -ını şaşırmak to be at a loss for words. - taşımak to retail gossip. -a tutmak /ı/ to engage (someone) in conversation (thus causing him to stop what he´d been doing). -ı uzatmak to take a long time explaining something. - ü güzaf see lafügüzaf. - yetiştirmek 1. to reply quickly and in kind, promptly to give as good as one gets. 2. /a/ (for a child) to talk back to, sass (an older person). - yok. /a/ colloq. There´s nothing wrong with...."

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[VP; impers]

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⇒ s.o. or sth. possesses such admirable or remarkable qualities that his or its worth cannot be overestimated:

- X-y цены нет≈ X is invaluable (priceless);

- X is worth his (its etc) weight in gold;

- X is beyond price.

     ♦ "...Последняя возможность мне бросить [агрономические] курсы - сейчас, в августе, пока год только один потерян... На что мне эта агрономия?.." -..."[ Отец] никогда не простит. И вообще - говоришь вздор. Тебе полный расчет, единственный резон кончать именно агрономические курсы. Тебе цены не будет здесь" (Солженицын 1). "This is my last chance to give up my studies...right now, this August, while I've only wasted one year.... What do I want with agricultural science?..."..."He [Father] would never forgive you. Anyway, you're talking nonsense. There's every reason for you to finish your agronomy course, it's the only sensible thing you can do. You'd be invaluable around here" (1a).

     ♦ Буффоны в масках охрипшими в гвалте голосами клялись, что нет на свете такой болезни, при которой не помог бы волшебный орвьетан... "Позвольте мне коробочку орвьетана, - говорит некий соблазнившийся Сганарель, - сколько она стоит?" - "Сударь, - отвечает шарлатан, - орвьетан - такая вещь, что ей цены нету!" (Булгаков 5). Masked buffoons swear in voices gone hoarse with shouting that there is no sickness in the world that cannot be cured by magical orvietan [a nostrum].... "Let me have some orvietan," says a certain Sganarelle, tempted by the extravagant promises. "How much is it?" "Sir," replies the charlatan, "orvietan is priceless!" (5a).

     ♦ "...Ей [газете] бы цены не было, если б её без закорючек выпускали" (Искандер 5). "It'd [the newspaper would] be worth its weight in gold if they'd issue it without all these crooked little lines" (5a).

queue [kø]

1. feminine noun

   a. [d'animal, avion, comète, lettre, note] tail ; [de classement] bottom ; [de casserole, poêle] handle ; [de feuille, fruit, de fleur] stalk ; [de colonne, train] rear

• en queue de phrase at the end of the sentence

• en queue de liste at the bottom of the list

• être en queue de peloton to be at the back of the pack ; (figurative) to be lagging behind

• en queue (de train) at the rear of the train

   b. ( = file de personnes) queue (Brit), line (US)

• faire la queue to queue (up) (Brit) to stand in line (US)

• il y a trois heures de queue there's a three-hour queue (Brit) or line (US)

• mettez-vous à la queue join the queue (Brit) or line (US)

   c. ( = pénis) (vulg!) cock (vulg!)

   d. (locutions) la queue basse or entre les jambes (inf: inf) with one's tail between one's legs

• à la queue leu leu [arriver, marcher] in single file

• histoire sans queue ni tête (inf) cock-and-bull story

• des queues de cerise (inf) ( = somme dérisoire) peanuts (inf)

2. compounds

► queue de billard billiard cue

► queue de cheval ponytail

► queue de poisson

• faire une queue de poisson à qn to cut in front of sb

• finir en queue de poisson to come to an abrupt end

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1) Zoologie tail

2) Botanique (de feuille, fleur) stem; (de cerise, pomme) stalk GB, stem US; ( de fraise) hull

3) ( manche) (de casserole, poêle) handle

4) ( de billard) cue

5) ( partie terminale) (d'animal, avion, de cerf-volant) tail; (de cortège, procession) tail(-end); ( de train) rear, back

6) ( dans un classement)

7) ( file d'attente) queue GB, line US

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1) [animal] tail

2) [fruit, feuille] stalk

3) [poêle] handle

4) [train, colonne] rear

5) fig, [classement] bottom

6) (= file d'attente) queue Grande-Bretagne line USA

7) ** (= pénis) prick *

8) (autres locutions)

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queue nf

1 Zool tail;

2 Bot (de feuille, fleur) stem; (de cerise, pomme) stalk GB, stem US; ( de fraise) hull;

3 ( manche) (de casserole, poêle) handle;

4 ( de billard) cue;

5 ( partie terminale) (d'animal, avion, de cerf-volant) tail; (de cortège, procession) tail(-end); ( de train) rear, back; les wagons de queue the rear carriages GB ou cars US; monter en queue de train to get on at the rear ou back of the train;

6 ( dans un classement) queue de classe bottom of the class; ce pays est en queue des pays industrialisés this country is lagging behind other industrialized nations, this country is at the bottom of the league of industrialized nations ; ils arrivent en queue de peloton des grandes entreprises européennes they come at the bottom of the league table of European companies;

7 ( file d'attente) queue GB, line US; faire la queue to stand in a queue GB, to stand in line US; se mettre à la queue to join the queue GB, to get in line US; à la queue! go to the back of the queue GB ou line US; il y avait 200 mètres de queue there was a 200-metre^GB queue GB ou line US; j'ai fait deux heures de queue I queued GB or stood in line US for two hours;

8 Mode ( traîne) train;

9 ●( pénis) cock●, prick●.

une histoire sans queue ni tête a cock and bull story; ce film n'a ni queue ni tête you can't make head or tail of this film; la queue basse or entre les jambes○ with one's tail between one's legs; il n'y en avait pas la queue d'un(e)○ there were none to be seen, there wasn't a trace of one; faire une queue de poisson à qn Aut to cut in front of sb; finir or se terminer en queue de poisson to fizzle out, to peter out.

[kø] nom féminin

1. ZOOLOGIE tail

2. BOTANIQUE [d'une cerise, d'une feuille] stalk

[d'une fleur] stalk, stem

3. [extrémité - d'une poêle] handle ; [ - d'un avion, d'une comète, d'un cerf-volant] tail ; [ - d'une étoile filante] trail ; [ - d'un cortège] back, tail (end) ; [ - d'un orage, d'un tourbillon] tail (end) ; [ - d'une procession, d'un train] rear

4. [dans un classement] bottom

5. [file d'attente] queue (UK), line (US)

6. (vulgaire) [pénis] cock (vulgaire), prick (vulgaire)

7. JEUX

8. CONSTRUCTION [d'une marche] tail

[d'une pierre] (inner) tail

9. INDUSTRIE DU PÉTROLE tails, bottoms

10. IMPRIMERIE [d'une lettre] stem, tail, descender (terme spécialisé)

[d'une note de musique] stem

[d'une page] tail, foot

à la queue leu leu locution adverbiale

in single ou Indian file

iz. nonsense, poppycock; kakolakerietan ari zara you're talking nonsense

it is unpleasant or repulsive for s.o. to listen to some person, story etc (because what is being said is ridiculous, offensive etc): (y X-a) уши вянут - it makes X sick (to listen to s.o. (hear sth. etc))

• УШИ ВЯНУТ (у кого слушать кого-что) coll

[VPsubj; pres or, rare, past; fixed WO]

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⇒ it is unpleasant or repulsive for s.o. to listen to some person, story etc (because what is being said is ridiculous, offensive etc):

- (y X-a) уши вянут≈ it makes X sick (to listen to s.o. <hear sth. etc>;

- it turns X's stomach (to listen to sth. etc);

- X can't stand listening to s.o. < sth.>.

     ♦ "Ты опять говоришь вздор! Уши вянут тебя слушать" (Трифонов 3). "You're talking nonsense again. It makes me sick to listen to you" (3a).

tu vaneggi!

fig. you're talking nonsense! you're raving!

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→  vaneggiare

sin ton ni son without rhyme or reason

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- sin ton ni son

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* hablar sin ton ni son = talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* lanzarse sin ton ni son = dive + head-first.

* sin ton ni son = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason, without rhyme or reason.

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* hablar sin ton ni son = talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* lanzarse sin ton ni son = dive + head-first.

* sin ton ni son = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason, without rhyme or reason.

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se rió sin ton ni son he laughed for no reason at all

compraba sin ton ni son she was buying things willy-nilly

una decisión tomada sin ton ni son a decision taken without rhyme or reason

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◊ hacer algo sin ton ni son to do sth for no reason

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ton: sin ton ni son loc adv

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sin ton ni son for no particular reason

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ton nm

sin ton ni son : without rhyme or reason

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ton n

(aus avere ) anche fig to be delirious