Sentence examples of "the motley fool" in English

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You must be a fool. Vous devez être un imbécile.
You can't fool me with a trick like that. Tu ne peux pas me tromper avec un truc comme ça.
Bill is a regular fool. Bill est un vrai imbécile.
I was fool enough to do so. J'étais assez fou pour le faire.
Stop making a fool of yourself. Everyone is laughing at you. Arrête de te donner en spectacle. Tout le monde rit de toi.
Silence, you fool! Tais-toi, imbécile !
Is it hard to fool you? Est-ce difficile de te piéger ?
She called him a fool. Elle l'a traité d'idiot.
Don't try to fool me. N'essaie pas de m'arnaquer.
You can't fool me with your honeyed words. Tu n'arriveras pas à me duper avec tes paroles mielleuses.
And here I stand, with all my lore, poor fool, no wiser than before. Me voici pauvre fou maintenant et pas plus sage qu'auparavant.
She is far from a fool. Elle est loin d'être idiote.
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. Quand vous voulez tromper le monde, dites la vérité.
He who loves not wine, woman and songs, remains a fool his whole life long. Celui qui n'aime pas les femmes, le vin et les chansons, reste un idiot, de sa vie tout le long.
Trying to teach a fool is like providing medical treatment for a dead man. Essayer d'instruire un fou est comme donner un traitement médical à un homme mort.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. Le jeune homme qui n'a pas pleuré est un sauvage et le vieil homme qui ne rit pas est un idiot.
He is not such a fool as to believe that story. Il n'est pas stupide au point de croire à cette histoire.
Don't make a fool of the poor. Ne te moque pas des pauvres.
You may call him a fool, but you cannot call him a coward. Tu peux le traiter d'imbécile mais pas de poule mouillée.
He is no more a fool than you are. Il n'est pas plus stupide que toi.
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