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21 parler
v. intrans.1. To 'squeal', to 'spill the beans', to confess and give the game away. Ils l'ont fait parler sans trop de difficulté: He sang like a bird, all he needed was a bit of gentle persuasion!2. Tu parles de¼! (iron.): Talk about¼! Tu parles d'une pagaille! You should have seen that mess! Vous parlez d'une histoire! What a scandal!3. Tu parles Charles! According to context, this jocular and ironic catch phrase can either mean 'You're telling me!'—'I should jolly well think so!' or 'You must be joking!'— 'What do you take me for?!' -
22 Charles
Proper name. Tu parles, Charles!a 'You're telling me!'—'I should jolly well think so!'b 'You must be joking!'—'What do you take me for?!' (This nonsensical stock rhyming-phrase relies on intonation or context for the degree of irony expressed.) -
23 cul
n. m.1. 'Bum', 'backside', behind.2. Aller au cul: To 'screw', to fuck, to have intercourse.3. La presse du cul: Dirty books and mags, pornographic literature.4. En avoir plein le cul de quelque chose: To be fed up to the back teeth with something.5. L'avoir dans le cul: To have 'been had', 'conned', to have been diddled. Et comme de bien entendu, c'est moi qui l'ai dans le cul! It's muggins again what carries the can!6. Avoir du poil au cul: To be 'gutsy', 'plucky', to be as brave as they come.7. Avoir le cul bordé de nouilles (joc.): To have the luck of the devil. (An important subsidiary meaning of cul is luck as in ne pas manquer de cul, avoir un cul du tonnerre, etc.).8. Mon cul! (iron.): You must be joking! -You don't think I'm that stupid, do you?!9. Se crever (also: se décarcasser) le cul: To 'sweat one's guts out', to work one's fingers to the bone.10. Péter plus haul que son cul (joc.): To be snooty, to have ideas above one's station.11. Avoir une gueule comme un cul de singe: To have 'a face like the back of a bus', to be rather ugly.12. Faire la bouche en cul de poule: To pout, to purse one's lips in a demure manner.13. Etre bas du cul (joc.): To be something of a shortarse, to be rather small in stature.14. C'est a se taper le cul par terre! (joc.): It's side-splitting! -It's hilarious!15. Tirer au cul: To 'dodge graft', to avoid work (usually by claiming ill-health).16. Faire cul sec: To down a drink in one go. (The image is similar to that in the English 'Bottoms up!') -
24 fois
n. f.1. Des fois: Occasionally, sometimes. Des fois on le rencontre au théâtre: You can sometimes see him at the theatre. Si des fois vous le voyez, dites-lui bien des choses de ma part: When you see him next, give him my best wishes.2. Non mais, des fois! (iron.): Don't make me laugh! — Not bloody likely! — Certainly not! Sortir avec lui? Non mais des fois, pour qui tu me prends?! Me go out with him? You must be joking! -
25 gêner
v. pronom.1. Ne pas se gêner ( iron): 'To do something outrageous, oblivious of the effects. Ne vous gênez pas! Don't mind me! (Just pretend I don't exist!). Et il ne s'est pas gêné, vous savez! He couldn't have given a damn about the rest of us (the way he went on).2. Je vais me gêner?! (also: avec ça que je vais me gêner!): You can bet your life I will! — You see if I don't! Prendre mes vacances en juillet, avec ça que je vais me gêner! What, me miss taking my holidays in July?—you must be joking! -
26 nèfles
n. f. pl.1. Des nèfles: 'Bugger-all', very little. Bref, tout ce boulot ça a été pour des nèfles?! What you're trying to tell me is that we've worked for peanuts! (Because, literally, nèfles are medlars i.e. a very 'low-market' fruit, the expression récolter des nèfles: to have very little to show for one's efforts, retains a certain agricultural flavour.)2. Avoir des nèfles plein la gueule: To be a mass of bruises. (Medlars are at their tastiest when discoloured and going rotten.)3. Des nèfles! Not on your nelly! — Not bloody likely! — You must be joking! (if you think that). -
27 bonne
bɔn
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1) ( domestique) maid2) ( plaisanterie)tu en as de bonnes, toi! — you must be joking!
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *bɔn1. adj fSee:2. nf(= domestique) maid* * *[bɔn] féminin→ link=bon bon————————[bɔn] nom féminin1. [domestique] maid2. (familier) [chose plaisante]il m'en a dit ou raconté une bien bonne he told me a good one3. (locution) -
28 espérer
v. intrans. & trans.1. Espérer après quelqu'un: To wait for someone (usually in vain).2. J'espère! (iron.): I should bloody well think so!3. Espère un peu! (joc. & iron.): You've got another think coming! — You must be joking! -
29 fameux
adj.1. 'Fab', 'A-1', first-rate. Ce petit pinard, mon vieux, il est fameux! That little wine of yours is no plonk!2. Elle est fameuse, celle-là! (iron.): You must be joking! — Do you expect me to believe that?! -
30 fourche
n. f. Au bout d'une fourche! (iron.): Not on your nelly! — Not bloody likely! — Certainly not! Te prêter du fric! Comptes-y mon gars, au bout d'une fourche! Me lend you money? You must be joking! -
31 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! -
32 navet
n. m.1. 'Clot', 'nincompoop', imbecile. Quel navet, ce mec-la! He's as thick as two short planks!2. (of film, play, operetta): 'Flop', abysmal production. On voit moins de navets a Cannes cette année: The films you see at the Cannes festival are a darned sight better now!3. Avoir du sang de navet dans les veines: To be 'as wet as a lettuce', to lack the 'get-up-and-go' spirit.4. Des navets! Not bloody likely! — You must be joking! — Certainly not!5. (mil.): 'Boneyard', cemetery. -
33 œil
n. m.1. Avoir quelqu'un a l'œil: To keep a close eye on someone. Je veux que vous m'ayez ce lascar à l'œil! Don't let that bugger out of your sight!2. Avoir quelqu'un dans l'œil (Racing and cycling slang): To see a fellow competitor forge ahead.3. L'avoir dans l'œil (fig.): To have been 'conned', 'diddled', to have been duped.4. Risquer un œil: To 'take a peep', to glance furtively at something.5. Se rincer l'œil: To 'feast one's eyes', to get a salacious eyeful.6. Pisser de l'œil (often of woman): To 'have the weepies', to 'turn on the waterworks', to cry.7. Ne dormir que d'un œil: To take a wary 'forty winks', to drift into a state of superficial sleep because danger is lurking.8. Ouvrir l'œil et le bon: To 'keep one's weather eye open', to keep a sharp lookout.9. Monter un œil à quelqu'un: To 'give someone a shiner', a black eye.10. Avoir un œil qui dit merde à l'autre (joc.): To have a pronounced squint (also: avoir les yeux qui se croisent les bras).11. Tourner de l'œil: To 'pass out', to faint.12. Etre frais comme l'œil (of person): To be (and look) as fresh as a daisy.13. Obéir au doigt et à l'œil'. To be hyperobedient (literally to jump to attention at the quiver of an eyebrow).14. Faire un œil de crapaud mort d'amour. To look 'spoony', to have a lovesick expression on one's face.a To make a deep impression on someone.b To 'click' with someone, to take someone's fancy.16. S'en battre l'œil: 'Not to care a rap about something', to be totally unconcerned.17. Mon œil! You must be joking! (This ironical interjection is usually accompanied by the pulling down with the index finger of the lower eyelid. This 'bodyspeak' gesture emphasizes the 'I'm not as gullible as you think' quality of the remark.)18. L'œil du bidet ( pol): 'Dick', private eye. (This pejorative appellation for a private detective reflects explicitly the snooping that constitutes a fair proportion of his business.)19. L'œil de bronze: The anus, the anal sphincter (where sodomous intercourse is concerned). -
34 ouatte
interj. Not bloody likely! — You must be joking! — Don't you believe it! (As with the previous entry, it is a case of a phonetic representation of an English word, in this instance the ironic and indignant 'What?!') -
35 ouiche
interj. Not bloody likely! — You must be joking! — Don't you believe it! Ah ouiche! Not on your nelly! -
36 rigoler
v. intrans.1. To laugh. On a bien rigolé au théâtre hier soir: We laughed all through last night's play.2. To 'pull someone's leg', to 'have someone on', to try and fool someone. Tu veux rigoler! You must be joking! — You can't be serious! Il a dit ça pour rigoler! He just said it for a joke! — He didn't mean it!3. Aimer rigoler: To be fond of sexy capers, to like gallivanting. Les nanas c'est sa vie, il a toujours aimé rigoler: Birds seem to be a way of life with him, he's always been one for a bit of slapand-tickle. -
37 côté
n. m.1. Le côté du manche: The winning side. Choisir le côté du manche: To 'play it safe', to pick on the winning side.2. Etre du mauvais côté de la pente (also: être sur le mauvais côté de la pente): To be (on) the wrong side of forty.3. Taper a côté (fig.): To be wide of the mark. Moi, sa petite amie?! Alors là, tu tapes a côté! Me, his bird?! You must be joking!4. Côté cour, côté jardin: On this side, on that side. (This expression, originally exclusive to the register of the theatre, indicating the right- and left-hand side of the stage, has come to express the existence of two separate entities.) -
38 danger
n. m.1. 'y a pas de danger! (iron.): Not on your nelly! — Not bloody likely! Lui prêter du fric? 'y a pas de danger! What, me lend him money?! You must be joking!2. Danger public: 'Roadhog', dangerous driver. -
39 datte
n. f.1. Ne pas en foutre une datte: To 'do fuck-all', to sit back and do nothing.2. Des dattes! Not bloody likely! — Not on your nelly! — Certainly not! Partir en vacances avec elle? Des dattes! What, take her on holiday with me? You must be joking! (also: Des clous!). -
40 douter
v. trans. indirect. Ne douter de rien: To be 'as cocky as hell', to be brimming with selfconfidence. Tu ne doutes de rien! You must be joking!
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