Usage examples of "tapis de souris" in French with translation to English

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Les chats actuels ne mangent pas de souris. Modern cats don't eat mice.
Le chemin de montagne était recouvert d'un tapis de feuilles, sur lequel il était doux et aisé de marcher. The mountain path was under a blanket of leaves, soft and easy to walk on.
Ça ne fait aucune différence si le chat est noir ou blanc tant qu'il attrape des souris. It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.
En une demie-heure sur ce tapis roulant, tu parviendras à un assez bon niveau de transpiration. With half an hour on this treadmill you'll work up a pretty good sweat.
Le faucon attrapa une souris. The hawk caught a mouse.
Les dés sont sur le tapis. The die is cast.
Je ne le pousserais pas à bout. Tu ne sais pas ce qu'il pourrait faire. À mon avis, on n'est jamais trop prudent. On dit même qu'une souris à l'agonie mordrait un chat si elle n'avait pas le choix. I wouldn't push him too far. You don't know what he might do. I'd say you can't be too careful. They say even a doomed mouse will bite a cat if he has no choice.
Nous devons acheter un nouveau tapis pour cette pièce. We must buy a new carpet for this room.
C'était une souris. It was a mouse.
Ce tapis est agréable au toucher. This carpet feels nice.
Plus la souris est rapide, plus le cimetière est vaste. The faster the mouse, the bigger the churchyard.
J'ai dissuadé ma femme d'acheter un nouveau tapis. I talked my wife out of buying a new carpet.
Une souris a fait sa promenade sur la table. A mouse went for a walk on the table.
Le chien dormait sur le tapis. The dog was sleeping on the mat.
As-tu vu cette petite souris ? Did you see that small mouse?
Un tapis vert n'ira pas avec ce rideau bleu. A green carpet will not go with this blue curtain.
La montagne a accouché d'une souris. The mountains have brought forth a mouse.
C'est super de dormir sur un tapis. Sleeping on a carpet is great.
Arrête de jouer au chat et à la souris avec moi et donne-moi les nouvelles. Stop playing cat and mouse with me and tell me the news.
Nous voulons un nouveau tapis. We want a new carpet.
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