French→English Translation Forum (Moderator: Frederique)

dis moi qui tu fréquente, je te dirai qui tu es –> tell me what company you keep and I will tell you what you are | tell me who you go with and I'll tell you who you are | tell me your company and I shall tell you what you are | tell me your company and I will tell you what you are | tell me your company, I shall tell you what you are | show me who your friend is and I will tell you who you are | show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are | tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are | a man is known by the company he keeps | birds of a feather flock togeth

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tous les jours, à tout point de vue, je vais de mieux en mieux → every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better

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dis moi qui tu fréquente et je te dirai qui tu es –> tell me what company you keep and I will tell you what you are | tell me who you go with and I'll tell you who you are | tell me your company and I shall tell you what you are | tell me your company and I will tell you what you are | tell me your company, I shall tell you what you are | show me who your friend is and I will tell you who you are | show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are | tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are | a man is known by the company he keeps | birds of a feather flock together

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objet petit a → object little-a

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lâcher la proie pour l'ombre → give away the shop to make a sixpence, miss the forest for the trees, put the cart before the horse, put things in the wrong order, do things in the wrong order, lose the substance by grasping at the shadow

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loi du plus fort → might makes right

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Gauche caviar → caviar left, Hampstead liberal, limousine liberal, liberal elite, chardonnay socialist, champagne socialist

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le mariage est la seule guerre au cours de laquelle on dort avec son ennemi → marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy

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association de malfaiteurs → criminal association, criminal conspiracy, crime syndicate

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langue savante → learned language, language of learning

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un pot fêlé dure longtemps → a creaking gate hangs longest, a creaking door hangs longest, a creaking door hangs long on its hinges

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scrutin proportionnel → proportional representation

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pour autant → even so, merely because, just because

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entre l'enclume et le marteau → between the devil and the deep blue sea

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scrutin majoritaire → election by majority vote

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pour autant que → provided that, on the condition that, as far as I

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les grandes pensées viennent du coeur → great thoughts come from the heart

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passer un savon → tell off

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scrutin de liste → list system

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pour commencer → for a start, to start with, for starters

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