Usage examples of "comme de coutume" in French with translation to English

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Il disait que parler le mandarin est comme de manger de l'ananas. Ça le démange partout. He said that speaking Chinese is like eating pineapple. It makes him itchy all over.
Je m'en fous comme de l'an quarante. I don't care a bean.
Le gouvernement cherche des moyens de surveiller les discussions en ligne traitant de sujets politiques afin de corriger ce qu'il perçoit comme de la désinformation. The government is looking for ways to monitor online chatter about political issues and correct what it perceives as misinformation.
L'amour est comme de l'oxygène. Love is like oxygen.
Assister et encourager l'ennemi est considéré comme de la trahison. Aiding and abetting the enemy is considered treason.
Il change d'avis comme de chemise. He changes his opinions one after another.
On aime sa mère presque sans le savoir, sans le sentir, car cela est naturel comme de vivre. We love our mother almost without knowing it, without feeling it, as it is as natural as to live.
La vie, c'est comme de lécher du miel sur un cactus. Life is like licking honey off a cactus.
Ses cheveux sont comme de la soie. Her hair feels like silk.
Ingurgiter de l'information sur Internet est comme de boire de l'eau à une bouche d'incendie. Absorbing information on the internet is like drinking water from a fire hydrant.
Ta main est froide comme de la glace. Your hand is as cold as ice.
C'était dur comme de la pierre. It was hard as rock.
Le fait qu'il ait accepté le cadeau fut considéré comme de la corruption. His acceptance of the present was regarded as bribery.
Se faire du souci est comme de payer une dette qu'on ne devrait pas. Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.
Ses joues étaient froides comme de la glace. Her cheeks were as cold as ice.
Comme le voulait la coutume à cette époque, il s'est marié jeune. As was the custom in those days, he married young.
M. Wright parle japonais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle. Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
Les mères avaient coutume de dire à leur fils qu'ils deviendraient aveugles s'ils se masturbaient. Mothers used to tell their sons that if they masturbated they would go blind.
J'ai avancé le nom de Paul comme candidat possible. I put Paul's name forward as a possible candidate.
Moins une coutume traditionnelle est justifiée, plus il est difficile de s'en débarrasser. The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
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