Sentence examples of "own goal" in English
Tom's goal is to own a home before he's thirty.
L'objectif de Tom est de posséder un logement avant d'avoir trente ans.
Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.
Les mathématiciens sont comme les Français : quoi que vous leur disiez ils le traduisent dans leur propre langue et le transforment en quelque chose de totalement différent.
Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.
Rien ne semble plus surprenant à ceux qui considèrent les affaires humaines d'un œil philosophique que la facilité avec laquelle la multitude est gouvernée par une minorité; et la soumission implicite par laquelle les hommes renoncent à leurs propres sentiments et passions pour ceux de leurs gouvernants.
Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires.
Le christianisme s'est fixé comme but de satisfaire aux désirs inaccessibles de l'homme, mais pour cette raison a ignoré ses désirs accessibles.
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