Usage examples of "queue de mèche" in French with translation to English

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La petite sirène gémit et regarda tristement sa queue de poisson. The little mermaid sighed and looked sadly at her fish tail.
Il est rond comme une queue de pelle. He's as drunk as a fiddler.
Elle est toujours en queue de classe. She is always at the bottom of the class.
Peux-tu faire un nœud dans une queue de cerise avec ta langue ? Can you tie a cherry stem into a knot with your tongue?
Je me suis servi d'un ruban pour me faire une queue de cheval. I used a ribbon to tie my hair into a ponytail.
Il se tenait au bout de la queue. He stood at the end of the line.
Un bavard vend toujours la mèche et met en péril les intérêts des autres. A talkative person is always letting the cat out of the bag and jeopardizing the interests of others.
Juste comme s’il s’agissait de ma queue, où que j’aille, il ira. Just as if it were my tail, wherever I go, it goes too.
Une fois que vous allumez la mèche, vous avez quinze secondes pour vous mettre à l'abri. Once you light the fuse you'll have fifteen seconds to get to safety.
Il raconta au patron une histoire sans queue ni tête disant qu'il était malade et avait besoin de jours de congé. He told the boss some cockamamie story about being sick and needing days off from work.
Une bougie sans mèche n'a plus rien d'une bougie. A candle without a wick is no candle at all.
Quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue. Speak of angels and you hear their wings.
Un bavard vend toujours la mèche et compromet les intérêts des autres. A talkative person is always letting the cat out of the bag and jeopardizing the interests of others.
Au cimetière, est dressée une statue d'un serpent qui se mord la queue. In the cemetery, there is a statue of a snake biting its own tail.
Les chiens remuent la queue et les chats fouettent la leur. Dogs wag their tails and cats swish theirs.
Il vaut mieux être la tête d'un chien que la queue d'un lion. Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
L'Amérique est un gros chien amical dans une toute petite pièce. Chaque fois qu'il remue la queue, il fait tomber une chaise. America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
Lorsque le têtard croît, la queue disparaît et les pattes commencent à se former. As a tadpole grows, the tail disappears and legs begin to form.
Je me trouve dans le wagon de queue. I'm in the rear car.
Un lapin a de longues oreilles et une petite queue. A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.
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