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| C'est le revers de la médaille. [loc.] | That's the other side of the coin. [idiom] | |
| revers {m} de la médaille [fig.] [mauvais côté caché de quelque chose de bon] | other side of the coin [idiom] | |
Partial Matches |
| géogr. outre-Atlantique {adv} [en Amérique, aux États-Unis] | on the other side of the Atlantic | |
| être de l'autre côté de la barrière [loc.] | to be on the other side of the fence [idiom] | |
| L'herbe est toujours plus verte chez le voisin. [loc.] | The grass is always greener on the other side. [idiom] | |
| de l'autre côté de {prep} | on the other side of | |
| par-delà {prep} | on the other side of | |
| film F L'Autre Côté de l'espoir [Aki Kaurismäki] | The Other Side of Hope | |
| télécom. au bout du fil {adv} [fam.] | at the other end of the line [on the phone] | |
| être de l'autre côté de qc. | to be on the other side of sth. | |
| au bord de la route {adv} | at the side of the road | |
| du côté opposé de la rue {adv} | on the opposite side of the street | |
| se garer sur le côté de la route | to park at the side of the road | |
| littérat. F Un Garçon sur le pas de la porte | Redhead by the Side of the Road [Anne Tyler] | |
| se lever du pied gauche [loc.] | to get up on the wrong side of the bed [idiom] [Am.] | |
| d'un autre côté {adv} | on the other side | |
| de l'autre côté {adv} | on the other side | |
| mil. pol. passer dans le camp adverse | to go over to the other side | |
| d'un côté ... d'un autre côté {adv} | on (the) one hand ... on the other hand | |
| d'une part ..., d'autre part ... {adv} | on the one hand ..., on the other hand ... | |
| La chance a tourné. [loc.] | The boot is on the other foot. [idiom] | |
| Le sort a tourné. [loc.] | The boot is on the other foot. [idiom] | |
| Le vent a tourné. [loc.] | The boot is on the other foot. [idiom] | |
| Les mouches ont changé d'âne. [loc.] | The boot is on the other foot. [idiom] | |
| deux faces {f.pl} d'une même médaille [loc.] | two sides of the same coin [idiom] | |
| La chance a tourné. [loc.] | The shoe is on the other foot. [idiom] [Am.] | |
| Le sort a tourné. [loc.] | The shoe is on the other foot. [idiom] [Am.] | |
| Le vent a tourné. [loc.] | The shoe is on the other foot. [idiom] [Am.] | |
| Les mouches ont changé d'âne. [loc.] | The shoe is on the other foot. [idiom] [Am.] | |
| la vie du commun des mortels [loc.] | the life of the man in the street [idiom] | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country hangs in the balance. | |
| dr. suivre la lettre, sinon l'esprit, de la loi [loc.] | to respect the letter, if not the spirit, of the law [idiom] | |
| pol. Ordre {m} de la Toison d'or | Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece [Catholic order of chivalry founded by the Duke of Burgundy in 1430. Today, 2 branches of the order exist, namely the Spanish and the Austrian Fleece ] | |
| Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois. [loc.] | In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. [idiom] | |
| aux abords de {prep} | by the side of | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Bérézina [1812] [aussi : passage de la Bérézina ou bataille de Borissov] | Battle of (the) Berezina [1812] [also: Battle of Beresina] [final conflict in Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the French but the outcome was not decisive] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de l'Allia [387] | Battle of the Allia [387] [the Senones, a Gallic tribe. routed the Romans and sacked Rome] | |
| anat. hémicorps {m} gauche | left side of the body | |
| anat. hémicorps {m} droit | right side of the body | |
| littérat. F La joie de vivre [Émile Zola] | The Bright Side of Life | |
| hist. mil. pol. Le traité {m} de Tournai [1385] | The Peace of Tournai [1385, between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent] | |
| voir le côté pratique des choses | to see the practical side of things | |
| hist. pol. Banquet {m} du Vœu du faisan [1454] | Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant [in 1454, the Duke of Burgundy gave this banquet to promote a Crusade (which never took place) against the Turks who had just taken Constantinople] | |
| arts hist. mil. monument {m} de la Bataille des Nations | Monument to the Battle of the Nations [commemorates the defeat of Napoleon's French army at Leipzig in 1813] | |
| se faire mal voir de qn. | to get on the wrong side of sb. | |
| voir qn./qc. sous son aspect positif | to see the good side of sb./sth. | |
| relig. chute {f} originelle | the Fall of Man [also: the fall of Adam, or simply the Fall] | |
| voir tout en noir [loc.] | to look on the black side (of things) [idiom] | |
| voir les choses du bon côté [loc.] | to look on the bright side of things [idiom] | |
| caresser qn. dans le sens du poil [fig.] | to stay on the right side of sb. [fig.] | |