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NOUN

le bout | les bouts

NOUN

a bout | bouts

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loc. mettre les bouts [fam.] [fuir]

to hop it [Br.] [coll.] [to get moving]

attacher les bouts ensemble

to fasten the ends together

loc. joindre les deux bouts

to make (both) ends meet

brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts [loc.]

to live in clover [idiom]

brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts [loc.]

to burn the candle at both ends [coll.]

brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts [loc.]

to live high on the hog [Am.] [idiom]

brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts [loc.]

to live on the fat of the land [idiom]

fin. économies {f.pl} de bouts de chandelle

penny-pinching

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