Usage examples of "fer à cheval" in French with translation to English

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Un fer-à-cheval et un trèfle à quatre feuilles portent bonheur. A horseshoe and a four-leaf clover bring good luck.
Je sais monter à cheval. I can ride a horse.
Comment l'accident de chemin de fer à la gare de Tokyo est-il arrivé ? How did the railway accident at Tokyo Station happen?
Il aime sortir à cheval. He likes to go out on horseback.
Tom ne nage pas mieux qu'un fer à repasser. Tom can swim no more than a stone can.
Elle ne put le convaincre de monter à cheval. She couldn't convince him to ride a horse.
Comment a eu lieu l'accident de chemin de fer à la gare de Tokyo ? How did the railway accident at Tokyo Station happen?
La construction fut réalisée à cheval sur deux siècles. The construction straddled two centuries.
Comment l'accident de chemin de fer à la gare de Tokyo est-il survenu ? How did the railway accident at Tokyo Station happen?
Non, ma chérie, tu ferais mieux d'y aller à cheval. No, my dear, you had better go on horseback.
Je me suis brûlé la main avec un fer à repasser. I burned my hand with an iron.
Vous êtes incapable de monter à cheval. You can't ride a horse.
Il nous a montré comment monter à cheval. He showed us how to ride a horse.
Monter à cheval est très marrant. Riding a horse is great fun.
À cheval donné on ne regarde pas la bride. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Pouvez-vous monter à cheval ? Can you ride a horse?
Je veux monter à cheval. I want to ride a horse.
Elle n'a pas pu le convaincre de monter à cheval. She couldn't convince him to ride a horse.
Savez-vous monter à cheval ? Can you ride a horse?
Il est très à cheval sur les principes. He is a stickler for principles.
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