Usage examples of "fou" in French with translation to English

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Es-tu fou ou quoi ? Are you crazy, or what?
Es-tu devenu complètement fou ? Have you gone completely mad?
Il n'est pas fou. He is no fool.
Il n'est vraiment pas fou. He is not at all foolish.
Le tireur se révéla être fou. The gunman was found to be insane.
Un fou n'est pas redevable de ses actions. A madman is not accountable for his actions.
Cette fille me rend fou. That girl just drives me wild.
Doté d'une imagination si débordante, il deviendra soit un romancier de renommée mondiale, soit un fou. With such a vivid imagination he'll become either a world-famous novelist or a lunatic.
Il y a un fou meurtrier en cavale ! There's a homicidal maniac on the loose!
Après que sa femme l'ait quitté, Harold est devenu fou. After his wife left him, Harold went nuts.
Je suis fou de vous. I'm crazy about you.
Il est fou de tennis. He is mad about tennis.
J'étais assez fou pour le faire. I was fool enough to do so.
Entre nous, il est un peu fou. Between us, he is a little foolish.
Hamlet agit comme s'il était fou. Hamlet acts as if he were insane.
De nombreuses personnes le considéraient aussi comme un fou. Many people also considered him a madman.
Il était fou de rage. He was wild with anger.
On a dit que l'homme à dix ans est un animal, à vingt un fou, à trente un échec, à quarante un mensonge et à cinquante un criminel. It has been said that a man at ten is an animal, at twenty a lunatic, at thirty a failure, at forty a fraud, and at fifty a criminal.
Il y a un fou meurtrier en liberté ! There's a homicidal maniac on the loose!
Il est fou de ski. He is crazy about skiing.
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