Sentence examples of "avoir la bride au cou" in French

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À cheval donné on ne regarde pas la bride. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
« C'est honteux! On devrait les noyer comme des chiennes, avec une pierre au cou. » "It's shameful! We should drown them like bitches, with a stone around their neck."
Il doit avoir la cinquantaine passée. He must be over fifty.
Pourrais-je avoir la note ? Could I have the check?
Puis-je avoir la clé maintenant ? Can I have the key now, please?
Pour niquer une poupée gonflable, faut pas avoir la queue trop pointue. In order to bang a blow-up doll, you shouldn't have too sharp a dick.
J'aimerais avoir la sauce sur le côté, s'il vous plaît. I'd like to have the sauce on the side, please.
Je me déteste de ne pas avoir la volonté d'arrêter de manger des cochonneries. I hate myself for not having the will power to quit eating junk food.
Pourrais-je avoir la note, s'il vous plait ? Could I have the bill, please?
Pourrais-je avoir la clé ? May I have the key?
Puis-je avoir la note, s'il vous plait ? May I have the check please.
Elle doit avoir la quarantaine environ. She must be forty or so.
Il doit avoir la quarantaine. He is about forty.
Lorsque les politiciens donnent l'impression de ne pas avoir la situation en mains, les marchés deviennent nerveux. When politicians give the impression that they don't control the situation, markets get nervous.
Pourrais-je avoir la note, je vous prie ? Could I have the bill, please?
Je crains que nous ne puissions exclure la possibilité qu'elle puisse avoir la maladie. I'm afraid we can't rule out the possibility that she may have the disease.
Le film préféré de Marie est "Princess Bride". Mary's favorite movie is The Princess Bride.
Bientôt, je ne pus voir que son cou, flotter au-dessus des vagues. Soon, I could only see her neck floating above the waves.
Mon tableau commence à avoir de la gueule. My painting is starting to look pretty cool.
Il tendit le cou dans l'espoir de surprendre ce qu'ils chuchotaient. He craned his neck a bit in hopes of hearing what they were whispering.
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