Usage examples of "maillet chasse-clou" in French with translation to English

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Un clou chasse l'autre. One nail drives out another.
Il utilise bien les faisans qu'il chasse. Il a un usage pour chaque partie de l'oiseau. He makes good use of the pheasants he hunts. He has a purpose for every part of the bird.
Nous avons trouvé un clou enfoncé dans le pneu. We found a nail stuck in the tire.
L'aigle ne chasse pas les mouches. The eagle does not catch flies.
Pour celui qui n'a qu'un marteau dans sa trousse à outils, tout problème ressemble à un clou. To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
J'ai été à la chasse aux papillons. I was on the hunt for butterflies.
George était le clou de la soirée. George was the high sport of the evening.
La chasse est interdite dans les parcs nationaux. Hunting is banned in national parks.
Le clou déchira sa veste. The nail tore his jacket.
J'organise une chasse au trésor pour la fête du treizième anniversaire de mon fils. I'm organizing a scavenger hunt for my son's thirteenth birthday party.
J'te l'dis, sa vieille guimbarde ne vaut pas un clou. I'm telling you, his old car won't fetch a red cent.
Les hommes sont allés à la chasse aux lions. The men went hunting for lions.
John est maigre comme un clou. John is as lean as a wolf.
Bonne chasse ! Good hunting.
Cette machine ne vaut pas un clou. This machine is worthless.
N'oublie pas de tirer le chasse d'eau. Don't forget to flush the toilet.
Un clou a perforé le pneu de la voiture. A nail penetrated the car tire.
Merci de ne pas oublier de tirer la chasse. Don't forget to flush the toilet.
Un clou a percé le pneu. A nail punctured the tire.
Une vache chasse les mouches avec sa queue. A cow chases away flies with its tail.
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