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

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One nail drives out another. Un clou chasse l'autre.
Nail polish remover stinks a lot. Le dissolvant à ongles pue beaucoup.
The nail tore his jacket. Le clou déchira sa veste.
Nail polish is useless: no one looks at nails anyway. Le vernis à ongles est inutile : personne ne regarde des ongles de toutes façons.
A nail punctured the tire. Un clou a percé le pneu.
A nail penetrated the car tire. Un clou a perforé le pneu de la voiture.
We found a nail stuck in the tire. Nous avons trouvé un clou enfoncé dans le pneu.
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail. Pour celui qui n'a qu'un marteau dans sa trousse à outils, tout problème ressemble à un clou.
He hammered nails into the plank. Il planta des clous dans la planche.
Don't bite your nails. Ne ronge pas tes ongles.
A magnet can pick up and hold many nails at a time. Un aimant peut soulever et maintenir de nombreux clous en même temps.
I never cut my nails at night. Je ne me coupe jamais les ongles le soir.
Nail polish is useless: no one looks at nails anyway. Le vernis à ongles est inutile : personne ne regarde des ongles de toutes façons.
He managed to cure himself of his habit of nibbling his nails. Il s'arrangea pour guérir lui-même de l'habitude de se ronger les ongles.
I can't cut my nails and do the ironing at the same time! Je ne peux pas me couper les ongles et faire le repassage en même temps !
It really hits the nail on the head. C'est parfaitement vrai.
The siblings fought tooth and nail over their late father's estate. Les frères et sœurs se sont arraché les yeux au sujet de la succession de leur défunt père.
The siblings are fighting tooth and nail over the estate their father left them in his will. Les frères et sœurs s'arrachent les yeux à propos du domaine que leur père leur a légué dans son testament.
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