Usage examples of "poule mouillée" in French with translation to English

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Ne sois pas une telle poule mouillée ! Don't be such a wimp!
Tu peux le traiter d'imbécile mais pas de poule mouillée. You may call him a fool, but you cannot call him a coward.
Ne mets pas la serviette mouillée dans le sac. Don't put the wet towel in the bag.
Lequel est venu en premier, la poule ou l'œuf ? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Cela, cependant, vous dit juste à peu près autant de choses que vous voudriez savoir sur l'eau que si l'on vous disait qu'elle est mouillée ! That, however, tells you just about as much as you would know about water if you were told that it was wet.
Tuer la poule aux œufs d'or. Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Sa longue chevelure était complètement mouillée. Her long hair was completely wet.
Pouvez-vous attraper la poule ? Can you catch the chicken?
Ma chatte est mouillée. My cat is wet.
Comme une poule dont la tête est coupée. Like a chook with its head cut off.
Viens sous mon parapluie, ou tu seras mouillée. Come under my umbrella, or you'll get wet.
Cette poule n'a pas pondu d'œufs ces derniers temps. That chicken hasn't laid any eggs lately.
J'ai eu la chair de poule en voyant le mille-pattes sur le mur. The sight of the centipede on the wall was enough to make my skin crawl.
La poule n'a pas pondu d'œufs ces derniers temps. The chicken hasn't laid eggs lately.
Qu'est-ce qui est apparu en premier : l'œuf ou la poule ? What came first? The egg or the hen?
Une poule a pondu un œuf dans mon armoire. A hen laid an egg in my closet.
Cette vision me donna la chair de poule. The sight made my flesh creep.
Si une poule a dix poussins, combien de poules a un poussin ? If a hen has ten chicks, how many hens does a chick have?
Ne tuez pas la poule aux œufs d'or. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
La crèvecœur est une rare race de poule française. The Crèvecœur is a rare breed of French chicken.
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