death blow nell'Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Traduzioni di death blow nel dizionario inglese»francese

death blow SOST lett, fig

death blow

coup m de grâce

to deal sb/sth a death blow lett, fig

donner le coup de grâce à qn/qc

Traduzioni di death blow nel dizionario francese»inglese

donner le coup de grâce à qn lett, fig

to deal sb the death blow

donner l'estocade (dans une corrida)

to deliver the death blow (à to)

Traduzioni di death blow nel dizionario inglese»francese

death [ingl brit dɛθ, ingl am dɛθ] SOST

death (of person)

mort f

death (of person)

décès m

death (of animal)

mort f

death (of hopes, plans, dreams, civilization, democracy) fig

anéantissement m

at (the time of) his death

à sa mort

a death in the family

un décès dans la famille

death by hanging/drowning

mort par pendaison/noyade

to starve/freeze to death

mourir de faim/de froid

to burn to death

mourir carbonisé

to put sb to death

exécuter qn

to sentence sb to death DIR

condamner qn à mort

death to the king!

mort au roi!

a fight to the death

un combat à mort

they fought to the death

ils se sont battus à mort

to drink oneself to death

se tuer en buvant

to work oneself to death

se tuer au travail or à la tâche

she's working herself to death!

elle se tue au travail!

she fell to her death

elle s'est tuée en tombant

she jumped to her death

elle s'est tuée en sautant dans le vide

he met his death in a skiing accident

il a trouvé la mort dans un accident de ski

to come close to death

friser la mort

he remains a controversial figure in death as in life

il reste un personnage controversé aussi bien mort que vivant

to die a violent death

mourir de mort violente

to do sb to death

assassiner qn

that excuse/joke has been done to death fig

cette excuse/blague est éculée or est vieille comme le monde

that play has been done to death

cette pièce a été jouée tant de fois qu'on finit par s'en lasser

they were united in death

ils ont été unis dans la mort

till death do us part

jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare

‘Deaths’ GIORN

‘Rubrique Nécrologique’

a fall would mean or spell death

une chute serait fatale

this means or spells the death of the old industries

cela va être la mort des vieilles industries

to die a or the death fashion:

disparaître complètement

to die a or the death entertainer, play:

faire un bide colloq

he died the death

il aurait voulu rentrer sous terre

those children will be the death of me!

ces enfants me tueront!

that thesis/car will be the death of her!

cette thèse/voiture la tuera!

don't tell him, it will be the death of him

ne le lui dis pas, ça l'achèvera

it's a matter of life or death

c'est une question de vie ou de mort

to look like death warmed up

avoir l'air d'un cadavre ambulant

I feel like death (warmed up)!

je ne me sens pas bien du tout!

to be at death's door

être à (l'article de) la mort

to be worried to death colloq

se ronger les sangs (about au sujet de)

to be frightened to death colloq

être mort de peur

to frighten or scare sb to death

faire une peur bleue à qn colloq

to be bored to death colloq

s'ennuyer à mourir

I'm sick or tired to death colloq of this! colloq

j'en ai par-dessus la tête!, j'en ai ras le bol! colloq

you'll catch your death (of cold) colloq

tu vas crever or mourir de froid

Vedi anche: thousand

I.thousand [ingl brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, ingl am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd] SOST (figure)

thousand

mille m inv

a thousand and two

mille deux

three thousand

trois mille

about a thousand

un millier

by the thousand (exactly)

par mille

by the thousand (roughly)

par milliers

II.thousands SOST

thousands sost pl (large numbers, amounts):

thousands

milliers mpl (of de)

in their thousands

par milliers

to earn/lose thousands

gagner/perdre une fortune

a cast of thousands

des milliers de figurants

III.thousand [ingl brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, ingl am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd] AGG

thousand

mille inv

four thousand pounds

quatre mille livres

about a thousand people

un millier de personnes

a thousand times

mille fois

a thousand times better

mille fois mieux

IV.thousand [ingl brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, ingl am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd]

to die a thousand deaths

mourir de honte

I.blow [ingl brit bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ] SOST

1. blow (stroke):

blow

coup m

killed by a blow to the back of the head

tué d'un coup derrière la tête

to fell sb with a blow (with fist)

abattre qn d'un coup de poing

to fell sb with a blow (with stick)

abattre qn d'un coup de bâton

to exchange blows

échanger des coups

to come to blows

en venir aux mains (over au sujet de)

to strike a blow for fig freedom, rights

frapper un grand coup pour

2. blow (shock, knock):

blow fig

coup m

to deal sb a savage blow

porter un très mauvais coup à qn

the blow fell

le coup est tombé

to be a blow

être un coup terrible (to sth porté à qc, to, for sb pour qn)

3. blow (of nose):

to give one's nose a blow

se moucher

give your nose a good blow

mouche-toi un bon coup

4. blow ingl brit (marijuana):

blow colloq

herbe f colloq

5. blow (cocaine):

blow

blanche f colloq

blow

cocaïne f

II.blow <pret blew, part perf blown> [ingl brit bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ] VB vb trans

1. blow:

to blow sth out of wind: window

faire voler qc par

the wind blew the door open/shut

un coup de vent a ouvert/fermé la porte

to be blown off course/onto the rocks

être dévié/poussé sur les rochers par le vent

it's blowing a gale

il y a de la tempête

2. blow person bubble, smoke ring:

blow

faire

to blow smoke in sb's face

envoyer or souffler la fumée dans la figure de qn

to blow an egg

vider un œuf (en soufflant dedans)

to blow glass

souffler du verre

to blow sb a kiss

envoyer un baiser à qn

3. blow:

to blow one's nose

se moucher

4. blow (gen) MUS:

blow trumpet, whistle, flute

souffler dans

to blow the whistle for half-time

siffler la mi-temps

5. blow explosion hole:

blow

provoquer (in dans)

to be blown to pieces or bits by

être réduit en poussière par

to blow a safe

faire sauter un coffre-fort

6. blow:

blow ELETTR, MECC fuse, gasket

faire sauter

blow lightbulb

griller

7. blow (spend):

blow colloq

claquer colloq (on dans)

8. blow (expose) colloq:

blow cover

faire tomber

blow operation

découvrir

9. blow (make a mess of) colloq:

to blow it

tout ficher en l'air colloq

to blow one's chances

ficher ses chances en l'air colloq

to blow one's lines

se mélanger les pinceaux colloq

that's really blown it colloq!

c'est fichu cette fois! colloq

10. blow < part perf blowed> colloq, disuso:

blow it!

zut! colloq

blow him!

qu'il aille au diable

well, blow me down or I'll be blowed!

mince alors! colloq

I'll be blowed if I'll pay!

pas question que je paye! colloq

11. blow ingl am colloq:

to blow town

se tirer vite fait colloq

12. blow ingl am (exaggerate) → blow up

13. blow (drugs slang) colloq:

to blow grass

fumer (de l'herbe)

14. blow (fellate):

blow volg sl

tailler une pipe à volg sl

III.blow <pret blew, part perf blown> [ingl brit bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ] VB vb intr

1. blow wind:

blow

souffler

the wind's blowing from the north

le vent vient or souffle du nord

it's blowing hard tonight

le vent souffle fort ce soir

2. blow (move with wind):

to blow in the wind leaves, clothes:

voler au vent

3. blow person:

blow

souffler (into dans, on sur)

4. blow (sound):

blow whistle:

retentir

blow trumpet:

sonner, retentir

blow foghorn:

rugir

when the whistle blows

au coup de sifflet

5. blow whale:

blow

souffler

6. blow (break, explode):

blow fuse, gasket:

sauter

blow bulb:

griller

blow tyre:

éclater

7. blow (leave quickly):

blow colloq

filer colloq

IV.blow [ingl brit bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ]

to blow a fuse colloq or a gasket colloq or one's lid colloq or one's stack colloq or one's top colloq

piquer une crise colloq

it really blew my mind colloq or blew me away! colloq (with admiration, astonishment)

j'en suis resté baba colloq

Vedi anche: blow up

I.blow up VB [ingl brit bləʊ -, ingl am bloʊ -] (blow up)

1. blow up (in explosion):

blow up building:

sauter

blow up bomb:

exploser

2. blow up wind, storm:

blow up

se lever

3. blow up trouble, problem, affair:

blow up

éclater

4. blow up (become angry) colloq:

blow up person:

s'emporter

to blow up at sb

s'emporter après qn

to blow up at sb

engueuler qn colloq

5. blow up (inflate):

it blows up

c'est gonflable

it won't blow up!

je n'arrive pas à le/la gonfler!

II.blow up VB [ingl brit bləʊ -, ingl am bloʊ -] (blow [sth/sb] up, blow up [sb/sth]) (in explosion)

blow up building, person

faire sauter

blow up bomb

faire exploser

III.blow up VB [ingl brit bləʊ -, ingl am bloʊ -] (blow [sth] up, blow up [sth])

1. blow up (inflate):

blow up tyre, balloon

gonfler

2. blow up FOTO (enlarge):

blow up

agrandir

3. blow up (exaggerate):

blow up

exagérer

the story has been blown (up) out of all proportion

l'histoire a été exagérément grossie

death blow nel dizionario PONS

Traduzioni di death blow nel dizionario inglese»francese

death blow SOST

death blow

coup m fatal

to deal sb a death blow

porter un coup fatal à qn

Traduzioni di death blow nel dizionario inglese»francese

death [deθ] SOST

death

mort f

to die a natural death

décéder d'une mort naturelle

to be put to death

être mis à mort

frightened to death

mort de peur

locuzioni:

to be at death's door

être à l'article de la mort

to be the death of sb

être la fin de qn

to be the death of sb fig

vouloir la mort de qn

to catch one's death (of cold)

attraper la mort

to feel like death warmed up [or ingl am warmed over]

se sentir mal

to death (until one dies)

à mort

to death (very much)

à mourir

to have sb worried to death

se faire un sang d'encre

I.blow¹ <blew, -n> [bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ] VB vb intr

blow (expel air):

blow

souffler

blow whistle

retentir

to blow in the wind

s'agiter dans le vent

locuzioni:

to blow hot and cold

tergiverser

II.blow¹ [bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ] VB vb trans

1. blow (expel air):

to blow air into a tube

souffler de l'air dans un tube

the paper was blown over the wall

le vent a soulevé le papier par-dessus le mur

to blow one's nose

se moucher

to blow sb a kiss

envoyer un baiser à qn

2. blow (play):

blow trumpet

souffler dans

locuzioni:

to blow the gaff on sb

dénoncer qn

to blow one's own trumpet

chanter ses propres louanges

to blow the whistle on sb colloq

dénoncer qn

III.blow¹ [bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ] SOST

blow

souffle m

blow wind

coup m de vent

to give a blow

souffler

to give one's nose a good blow

se moucher un bon coup

I.blow² [bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ] SOST a. fig

blow

coup m

at one blow

d'un coup

to come to blows

en venir aux mains

to soften the blow

amortir le choc

to strike a blow for sth

marquer un coup pour qc

II.blow² <blew, -n> [bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ] VB vb intr (explode)

blow

exploser

blow tyre

éclater

blow fuse

sauter

blow bulb

griller

III.blow² [bləʊ, ingl am bloʊ] VB vb trans

1. blow (destroy):

blow fuse

faire sauter

to blow sb's brains out

faire sauter la cervelle de qn

2. blow colloq (spend):

blow

claquer

locuzioni:

to blow a fuse colloq

péter les plombs

blow it! colloq

zut!

to blow sb's mind colloq

époustoufler qn

to blow one's top colloq

piquer une crise

blow VB

Contributo di un utente

blow the fire into life

raviver un feu (en soufflant sur les braises)

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese

It was as he wrote in his autobiography the death blow of my career.

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No, the death blow came from a senator.

warontherocks.com

The $17,000, which could have been a death blow to the institute, was written off.

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He has given me my death blow.

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Frustrated of lack of work he threatened to resign from service as he felt that it was a death blow to his pursuit.

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To deliver its impressive death blow, the mantis shrimp uses a hyperbolic paraboloid shaped spring.

www.wired.com

The death blow was dealt by the government itself.

www.afr.com

Like all measures and controls, they have the power to deliver a death blow to cultural aspirations and shape an alternate, unsolicited organisational behaviour.

www.deccanherald.com

But the warmer winter of 1979-80 proved to be a death blow.

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But we have also dealt a death blow on that.

www.vanguardngr.com