Usage examples of "rat poison" in English with translation to French

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One man's medicine is another man's poison. Ce qui fait le bonheur des uns fait le malheur des autres.
"I smell a rat", I said to him. « Il y a anguille sous roche », lui dis-je.
The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison. La pointe de la lance était trempée dans un poison mortel.
A bat is no more a bird than a rat is. Une chauve-souris est autant un oiseau qu'un rat peut l'être.
He killed himself by taking poison. Il s'est suicidé en prenant du poison.
You're such a pack rat. T'es un vrai thésauriseur.
"What's your poison?" "Oh, give me a gin and tonic." «Quel est votre poison ?» «Oh, mettez-moi un gin-tonic.»
A rat chewed a hole in the wall. Un rat a fait un trou dans le mur.
This transparent liquid contains a sort of poison. Ce liquide transparent contient une sorte de poison.
This rat, up until just now he was my partner and now he's gone and turned on me. Le rat, jusqu'à maintenant il était mon copain et maintenant il est parti et il m'a trahi.
He lost hope and killed himself by taking poison. Il a perdu espoir et s'est suicidé en prenant du poison.
The culprit is caught like a rat in a trap. On attrapa le coupable comme un rat au piège.
He made a mistake and drank poison. Il s'est trompé et a bu du poison.
A rat ran across the road. Un rat traversa la route.
She killed herself by taking poison. Elle s'est suicidée avec du poison.
He'll be sure to smell a rat if I'm with you. Il aura sûrement la puce à l'oreille si je suis avec toi.
He took poison by mistake. Il a pris du poison par erreur.
You could see the oblong shape of the rat as it passed down the snake's gullet. On pouvait voir la forme oblongue du rat tandis qu'il passait le long du gosier du serpent.
The victim is thought to have taken a large quantity of poison by mistake. On suppose que la victime a absorbé par erreur une grande quantité de poison.
The rat was killed by Tom with a stick. Le rat a été tué par Tom avec un bâton.
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