Usage examples of "nouveau riche" in French with translation to English

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Je préfère être pauvre plutôt que riche. I'd rather be poor than rich.
Son nouveau film est décevant. His new movie is disappointing.
Juste parce qu'un homme est riche, il ne s'ensuit pas nécessairement qu'il est heureux. Just because a man is rich it does not necessarily follow that he is happy.
Il présente la situation sous un jour nouveau. It puts a different complexion on the situation.
Tu es très riche. You are very rich.
Il a décroché un nouveau boulot. He got a new job.
Il est riche et je suis pauvre. He is rich and I am poor.
Maman a confectionné un nouveau vêtement. Mother made a new piece of clothing.
L'homme le plus riche est celui dont les plaisirs sont les moins dispendieux. That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
On ne met pas de vin nouveau dans de vieilles bouteilles. Do not put new wine into old bottles.
On dit qu'il était très riche. It is said that he was very rich.
Le Sénat ordonna qu'un nouveau Consul soit choisi et que le pays soit libéré de ses ennemis. The Senate decreed that a new consul be chosen and the country be delivered from the enemies.
Il a épousé une fille riche. He married a rich girl.
La bouffe dans le nouveau restaurant n'a rien d'extraordinaire ; au mieux, moyenne. The food at the new restaurant is nothing special - average at best.
En effet il est riche, mais il n'est pas digne de confiance. Indeed he is rich, but he is not reliable.
Les citoyens ont manifesté contre le nouveau projet. The citizens demonstrated to protest against the new project.
Ah ! Si j'étais riche, je m'achèterais une maison en Espagne. Ah! If I were rich, I'd buy myself a house in Spain.
Sasha et Malia ! Je vous aime toutes les deux plus que vous pouvez l'imaginer. Et vous avez gagné le nouveau chiot qui vient avec nous à la Maison-Blanche. Sasha and Malia! I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House.
J'aimerais être riche. I wish I were rich.
Tu tombes bien, tu peux essayer le nouveau modèle, s'il te plaît ? Good timing. I'll get you to test drive the new model.
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