Usage examples of "poisson de rivière" in French with translation to English

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Vouloir me protéger de moi-même, c'est aussi ingénieux que sauver un poisson de la noyade. Wanting to protect me from myself is about as ingenious as saving a fish from drowning.
Il n'y a plus de poisson vivant dans cette rivière. There aren't any fish living in this river anymore.
Vous ne devriez pas manger de poisson provenant de cette rivière. You shouldn't eat any fish that come from this river.
Ce poisson ne contient pas de poison. This fish is free from poison.
La rivière coulant au travers Londres est la Tamise. The river that flows through London is the Thames.
Il sait nager comme un poisson. He is able to swim like a fish.
Personne ne peut pas descendre deux fois dans la même rivière. No one can step twice into the same river.
Dans cette boîte, je me sentais comme un poisson hors de l'eau. I felt like a fish out of water at this firm.
J'ai marché le long de la rivière. I walked along the river.
Les Japonais mangent-ils beaucoup de poisson ? Do Japanese eat a lot of fish?
J'avais l'habitude de nager dans cette rivière. I used to swim in this river.
Du poisson s'il vous plaît. Fish, please.
Il était impossible pour le garçon de traverser la rivière à la nage. It wasn't possible for the boy to swim across the river.
Elle déteste le poisson et n'en a jamais mangé aucun. She hates fish and never eats any.
Sa tentative de traverser la rivière a échouée. He failed in his attempt to swim the river.
Je préfère la viande au poisson. I like meat better than fish.
Je peux traverser la rivière à la nage. I can swim across the river.
Le poisson est bon marché, aujourd'hui. Fish is cheap today.
Harry a réussi à traverser la rivière à la nage. Harry managed to swim across the river.
J'ai une mémoire de poisson rouge. I have a memory like a goldfish.
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