Usage examples of "avec une main de fer" in French with translation to English

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Une couleur est une main de poker dans laquelle la totalité des cinq cartes sont de la même couleur. A flush is a poker hand where all five cards are of the same suit.
Tom lâcha la main de Marie. Tom let go of the Mary's hand.
Quel est le son d'un applaudissement à une main ? What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Comment l'accident de chemin de fer à la gare de Tokyo est-il arrivé ? How did the railway accident at Tokyo Station happen?
Il parle avec une pipe à la bouche. He spoke with a pipe in his mouth.
La première fois que j'ai pris la main de ma copine c'était dans la maison hantée. The first time I held my girlfriend's hand was in the haunted house.
Trois rois et deux huit lui donnèrent une main pleine. Three kings and two eights earned him a full house.
Un homme qui n'a jamais été à l'école peut voler d'un wagon, mais s'il dispose d'un diplôme, il peut voler toute la ligne de chemin de fer. A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
On peut avoir le dernier mot avec une femme, à la condition que ce soit oui. You can have the last word with a woman, on the condition that it is yes.
Retirez votre main de mon cou. Take your hands off my neck.
Un pont de chemin de fer est déjà en construction au-dessus de la rivière. A railway bridge is already being built over the river.
N'importune pas tes parents avec une chose aussi futile. Don't bother your parents with such a trivial thing.
Il retira sa main de la table. He withdrew his hand from the table.
«Tu promets ?» «Croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer !» "Do you promise?" "Cross my heart and hope to die!"
Les boissons et la nourriture étaient servies avec une telle profusion au mariage que les jeunes mariés commencèrent à se demander s'ils n'auraient pas dû inviter plus de convives. Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should have invited more guests.
Retire ta main de ma nuque. Take your hand off my neck.
Le nouveau chemin de fer n'est pas encore terminé. The new railway is not completed yet.
Il attacha le paquet avec une ficelle. He bound the package with a string.
Il se saisit de la main de l'enfant. He seized the child's hand.
Il est dangereux de marcher le long des chemins de fer. It's dangerous to walk on railway lines.
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