Sentence examples of "homme de paille" in French

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Un homme de paille vaut une femme en or. A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.
Je suis très attaché à ce vieux chapeau de paille. I am very much attached to this old straw hat.
Il a sauvé le jeune homme de la noyade au péril de sa propre vie. He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.
À Hokkaido, ils font des chevaux de paille. In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.
C'est un homme de parole. He is a man of his word.
N'est-ce pas un simple feu de paille ? Isn't that just a brush fire?
Un manteau de mauvaise qualité indique un homme de mauvaise qualité. A cheap coat makes a cheap man.
Un homme de volonté ne peut être corrompu. A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
Un homme de raison aurait honte de faire une telle chose. A man of sense would be ashamed to do so.
C'est un homme de famille noble. He is a man of noble birth.
Ce médecin est un homme de culture. This doctor is a man of culture.
Il faut agir en homme de pensée et penser en homme d'action. One must act as a man of thought and think as a man of action.
Aux dires de tous, ce n'est pas un homme de confiance. By all accounts, he is not a man to be trusted.
Il est homme de peu de mots. He is a man of few words.
C'est un homme de grand talent. He is a man of great ability.
Elle a vu hier un homme de grande taille. She saw a tall man yesterday.
Il est un homme de vision. He is a man of vision.
C'est un homme de raison. He is a man of reason.
Il est ce qu'on appelle un homme de culture. He is what we call a man of culture.
Il est un homme de faible volonté. He's a weak-willed man.
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