Usage examples of "boule de nerfs" in French with translation to English

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C'était une boule de nerfs hier soir. She was a bundle of nerves last night.
Il regarda profondément dans sa boule de cristal et prédit mon avenir. He looked deeply into his crystal ball and predicted my future.
Il existe douze paires de nerfs crâniens. There are twelve pairs of cranial nerves.
Pote pote les carottes, à la place des tomates, boule de canon tu fiches le camp ! Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by his toe, if he hollers let him go, eeny, meeny, miny, moe. My mother told me to catch the very best one and you are not it.
Elle est au bord de la crise de nerfs. She is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Le soleil est une boule de feu. The sun is a flaming ball.
Mon fils adore piquer des crises de nerfs au supermarché. My son loves to throw temper tantrums in the supermarket.
Jouer, tel que faire une boule de papier ou mettre en morceaux, aide à développer la créativité des enfants. Playing, such as crumpling paper into a ball or tearing into pieces, helps develop children's creativity.
La vieille gitane bougea sa main au-dessus de la boule de cristal et, scrutant à l'intérieur, vit mon avenir. The old gypsy moved her hand over the crystal ball and, peering inside, beheld my future.
Il chiffonna la feuille de papier en une boule. He crushed the sheet of paper up into a ball.
Le bruit me tape sur les nerfs. The noise gets on my nerves.
Si je descends, je te mets un coup de boule ! If I come down, I'm giving you a headbutt!
La façon de parler de Tom me tapa sur les nerfs. Tom's way of speaking got on my nerves.
L'homme menotté a donné un coup de boule à l'agent qui l'escortait dans sa cellule. The handcuffed man headbutted the officer escorting him to his cell.
C'est une pagaille totale, et ça me tape sur les nerfs. It's a complete mess, and it's getting on my nerves.
Elle a perdu la boule She's gone mad
Elle m'a vraiment tapé sur les nerfs. She really got on my nerves.
Il a perdu la boule He's gone mad
Sa remarque m'a tapé sur les nerfs. His remark got on my nerves.
Sa manière de parler me tape sur les nerfs. Her manner of speaking gets on my nerves.
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