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French-English translation for: A drowning man will clutch at a straw
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fin. prête-nom {m}straw man [acting as a front man]
s'accrocher à qc.to clutch at sth.
se cramponner à qc.to clutch at sth.
À cœur vaillant rien d'impossible. [loc.]Where there's a will, there's a way. [idiom]
Vouloir, c'est pouvoir. [loc.]Where there's a will, there's a way. [idiom]
bible Il est plus facile à un chameau de passer par le trou d'une aiguille qu'à un riche d'entrer dans le royaume de Dieu.It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Quand on veut, on peut. [loc.]Where there's a will there's a way. [idiom]
film F Un homme et une femme [Claude Lelouch]A Man and a Woman
pol. marionnette {f} [fig.]straw man [fig.]
agr. brin {m} de paillestraw [stem of a corn plant]
aller aux toilettesto see a man about a horse [hum.] [to go to the loo] [idiom]
mil. assigner des hommes à qc. [barricade]to man sth. [e.g. a barricade]
au compte-gouttes {adv}a few at a time
au compte-gouttes {adv}a little at a time
tourisme passer une nuit à l'hôtelto spend a night at a hotel
parler à tort et à traversto talk at large
équi. paille {f} à litièrebedding straw
faire le tour d'un problèmeto have a look at a problem
ind. tourner à plein régime [usine]to work at full capacity [e.g. a factory]
cuis. boire avec une pailleto drink through a straw
naut. faire escale dans un portto call at a port [Br.] [a ship]
foncer tête baissée sur qn./qc. [loc.]to go at sb./sth. like a bull at a gate [idiom]
dr. testament {m} authentiquelegally certified will [will drawn up by a lawyer in the presence of witnesses]
noyade {f} [action de noyer]drowning
noyade {f} [mort]death by drowning
en vouloir à qn.to bear sb. ill will
avoir de la volontéto have a strong will
hist. vêt. poulaine {f}Pointed toe of a shoe [a style fashionable in the 14 and 15C ] [also a shoe in such a style]
film F L'Homme qui n'a pas d'étoileMan Without a Star [King Vidor]
Je te souhaite à toi et à ta famille un joyeux Noël et une nouvelle année bénie.I wish you and your family a Happy Christmas and a blessed New Year.
faire qc. de bon cœurto do sth. with a will
auto embrayage {m}clutch
dr. faillir à qc.to disobey sth. [a law, a command, etc.]
ne garder aucun ressentiment à qn.to bear sb. no ill will
cuis. rincer qn. [fam.] [offrir à boire à]to stand sb. a drink [coll.]
dr. faillir à qc.to flout sth. [an order, a rule, a law, etc.]
constr. tamponner un murto insert a plug in a hole in a wall
auto embrayerto engage the clutch
cuis. grivèlerie {f}doing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant]
dr. faillir à qc.to breach sth. [a contract, an agreement, a promise, the law, etc.]
renvoyer à qn./qc.  une note, à un ouvrage]to refer sb. to sth.
réclamer à faire qc. à cor et à crito clamor to do sth. [Am.]
réclamer à faire qc. à cor et à crito clamour to do sth. [Br.]
étreindre qc. [objet]to clutch sth.
pochette {f} [petit sac]clutch bag
cuis. filouterie {f} de restaurantdoing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant]
géogr. île {f} de Man [dépendance directe de la Couronne britannique]Isle of Man [also: Mann]
au total {adv}at large [as a whole]
couvée {f} d'œufsclutch of eggs
occup. placer un ami dans une entreprise comme qc.to get a friend a job in a company as sth.
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